Office: | Member of Parliament for Aldershot |
Predecessor: | Leo Docherty |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Majority: | 5,683 (11.7%) |
Birth Name: | Alexandra Baker |
Party: | Labour |
Alma Mater: | University of Birmingham (BA) |
Alexandra Baker (born 1982 or 1983)[1] [2] is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot since 2024.
Baker received a Bachelor of Arts in Technology and History of Art from the University of Birmingham in 2006.
She began her career as a political officer for the Co-operative Party, and subsequently worked as a Co-operative Group membership officer.[3] Baker worked in several roles on the Battersea Power Station regeneration prior to her election to Parliament.[4]
Baker was elected as MP for Aldershot at the 2024 general election, defeating her Conservative predecessor Leo Docherty.[5] She became the first non-Conservative to represent the constituency since its establishment in 1918, as well as its first ever female MP.[6] [4]
Baker has two children.