The current Member of Parliament for the constituency is People's Action Party (PAP) Henry Kwek.

The original Kebun Baru SMC was carved from the now-defunct Ang Mo Kio Single Member Constituency in 1980.

It was absorbed into the new Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) prior to the 1991 general election.

Following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's report on 13 March 2020, it was announced that, Kebun Baru SMC, would be re-introduced for the 2020 general election.

[2] In the 2020 general election, People's Action Party's (PAP) Henry Kwek defeated Progress Singapore Party's Kumaran Pillai with a vote count of 62.97% vs 37.03%, which made Kwek the MP for Kebun Baru.