Mallen Baker

Mallen Baker
Principal Speaker of the Green Party
In office
1992–1993
Serving with Jean Lambert
Personal details
Born (1963-05-23) 23 May 1963 (age 61)
Political partyLiberal Democrats (before 2002)
Other political
affiliations		Green Party of England and Wales (before 1993)

Mallen Baker (born 23 May 1963[1]) is an English commentator on corporate social responsibility and a former politician.

Based in Sheffield, Baker worked as a freelance writer and became active in the Green Party of England and Wales. He served as co-chair of the party in 1990–1991, and also as a speaker for the party.[1] He co-wrote the party's document The Green Budget, published in 1991.[2]

At the 1992 general election, Baker stood in Sheffield Hallam;[1] he took less than 1% of the vote, and was not elected.[3] During this period, he became the leading opponent of the Green 2000 campaign to change the party constitution.[4] In August, he welcomed the resignation of Principal Speaker Sara Parkin, the leader of Green 2000 proposals.[5] Following this, Baker was elected as Principal Speaker, serving for a year.[4]

Soon after completing his term as Principal Speaker, Baker resigned from the Green Party and joined the Liberal Democrats. He became the editor of Challenge, the journal of the Green Liberal Democrats group.[6] He retired from party politics, leaving the Liberal Democrats in 2002 [7] and subsequently devoted his time to campaigning on corporate social responsibility, leading the Business in the Community charity, and subsequently his own Daisywheel Interactive agency, while writing for Ethical Corporation.[8] Since 2019, he has primarily produced content for YouTube on current affairs and science topics [9]

  1. ^ a b c Alex H. Wood, The Times Guide to the House of Commons: April 1992, p.201
  2. ^ David Kemball-Cook, Chris Mattingly and Mallen Baker, The Green Budget: An Emergency Programme for the UK
  3. ^ "Mallen Baker: Electoral history and profile", The Guardian
  4. ^ a b John Morrisey, "How Green Was My Party?", Synthesis/Regeneration #13
  5. ^ Nicholas Schoon, "Parkin quits Green Party leadership: Resignation letter condemns 'endless redundant skirmishes' between die-hard faction and reformers", The Independent, 27 August 1992
  6. ^ Duncan Brack, Why I am a Liberal Democrat, pp.14-16
  7. ^ "[1]", mallenbaker.net
  8. ^ "Info Archived 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine", mallenbaker.net
  9. ^ "YouTube channel belonging to Mallen Baker – YouTube username "mallenbaker"". YouTube.