Walter John Baker (1876 – 2 December 1930) was a Labour Party politician in the

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who served as

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(MP) for

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from 1923 until his death.

Life

Baker was Assistant General Secretary of the

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, and head of their research department. He unsuccessfully contested the 1918 and 1922 general elections in the Harborough division of Leicestershire. At the 1923 general election he stood in

, where he won the seat from the

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MP Harold Morris. Baker was re-elected in

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and

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, and died in office in December 1930, aged 54. The resulting by-election in January 1931 was won by the Labour candidate Stafford Cripps.

References

1876 births 1930 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Union of Communication Workers-sponsored MPs {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub