Richard James Baker (born 29 May 1974) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Glenrothes and Mid Fife since 2024.

[1] Baker was previously a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region.

In the early part of 2014, he was selected as the Labour candidate for Aberdeen North in the 2015 UK general election, after current MP Frank Doran announced his retirement.

[3] In June 2015, Baker announced he would stand in the 2015 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election.

Claire became an MSP after the 2007 election, representing the Mid Scotland and Fife region.