Eleanor Anna "Elly" Baker (born April 1977) is a notable British Labour Party politician who has been a

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(AM) for Londonwide since

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. She worked as an organiser for the

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Early life

Baker grew up in

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and was educated in Hackney.

London Assembly

For Baker's nomination as a Labour candidate for the

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, she received endorsements from

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, GMB,

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, Communication Workers Union and

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References

Living people 21st-century British women politicians Labour Members of the London Assembly Women councillors in England 1977 births {{UK-politician-stub Trade unionists from London