Leighton Baker

Leighton Baker
2nd Leader of New Conservative
In office
24 January 2017 – 19 November 2020
DeputyElliot Ikilei
Preceded byColin Craig
Succeeded byElliot Ikilei
Personal details
Born1966 or 1967 (age 56–57)[1][2]
Lower Hutt area, Wellington, New Zealand
Other political
affiliations		Leighton Baker Party (2023–2024)
New Conservative (2011–2020)
Kiwi Party (2008)
SpouseSue Baker
Children4
OccupationBusinessman and politician
Websiteleightonbakerparty.co.nz

Leighton James Baker is a New Zealand political candidate and businessman. He was leader of the New Conservative Party from 2017 to 2020, and has contested every general election since 2008, initially for the Kiwi Party, without success.

Baker joined the Conservative Party in 2011, shortly after its founding. He led the party through the 2017 and 2020 general elections, in which the party received 0.2% and 1.5% of the party vote. The party replaced him as its leader shortly after the 2020 election, and according to the party he left it around November 2020.

Baker participated in the 2022 Wellington protests, and was arrested on 2 March 2022 on charges of trespassing and obstruction. His short-lived Leighton Baker Party received 0.07% of the party vote in the 2023 election.

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  2. ^ "Compare the candidates for Waimakariri - NZ Election 2020". Policy.nz. The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.