Member of Parliament
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative MP for North West Essex
Leader of HM Official Opposition·Leader of the Conservative Party
At a glanceMrs Kemi Badenoch is a Conservative MP for North West Essex, and has represented the seat for 9 years, 1 month. They currently serve as Leader of HM Official Opposition. They have cast 171 votes in Commons divisions (30% attendance), tabled 260 written questions and registered 19 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mrs Kemi Badenoch did not vote in 404. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the role of Leader of HM Official Opposition.
In addition, she is Leader of the Conservative Party.
Current roles
- Leader of HM Official Opposition Opposition post · HM Official Opposition since 2 Nov 2024
- Leader of the Conservative Party Other post since 2 Nov 2024
- North West Essex Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 8 Jun 2017
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 171 of 171 shared votes
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Lewis Cocking
Conservative
100.0% · 167 of 167 shared votes
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Greg Smith
Conservative
100.0% · 165 of 165 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 164 of 164 shared votes
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Gareth Bacon
Conservative
100.0% · 164 of 164 shared votes
Votes least like
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Chris Curtis
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 154 shared votes
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Emily Darlington
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 152 shared votes
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Dave Robertson
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 152 shared votes
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Ruth Cadbury
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 143 shared votes
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Laura Kyrke-Smith
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 143 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP8
- Philip Charles Harris - £60,000.00 (registered 9 Jul 2026)
- Rachel Anderson - £1,000.00 (registered 8 Jul 2026)
- Giles Davies - £10,000.00 (registered 16 Mar 2026)
- RNIE Group LTD - £10,000.00 (registered 16 Feb 2026)
- James Mellon - £10,000.00 (registered 27 Jan 2026)
- Watt Trading Ltd - £10,000.00 (registered 19 Jan 2026)
- Charles Keymer - £41,812.50 (registered 27 Nov 2025)
- J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd - £50,000.00 (registered 12 Nov 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources6
- The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Limited - £1,360.00 (registered 13 Jul 2026)
- BBC Studios Ltd - £390.14 (registered 3 Jun 2026)
- Carlton Club - £960.00 (registered 19 May 2026)
- Neil Record - £7,548.55 (registered 11 Mar 2026)
- Global Media & Entertainment Ltd - £1,250.00 (registered 12 Dec 2025)
- The All England Lawn Tennis Club (CHAMPIONSHIPS) Limited - £1,396.00 (registered 14 Jul 2025)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to United States between 17 October 2025 and 20 October 2025 (registered 12 Nov 2025)
Miscellaneous4
- A Person with Significant Control of C&UCO Services Limited. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 Nov 2024)
- A Person with Significant Control of C&UCO Management Limited. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 Nov 2024)
- A Person with Significant Control of the Conservative Party Foundation. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 Nov 2024)
- A Person with Significant Control of C&UCO Properties. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 Nov 2024)
Written questions
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024, to Question 1315 on Environment Protection, when the new framework of Environmental Outcomes Reports will be introduced.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 1315 on 26 July 2024.
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024, to Question 1748, on Levelling Up Fund, if she will publish the details of where agreements are in place.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
Details of all projects awarded funding through the Levelling Up Fund have been published on gov.uk.The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech forecasted an overspend of £21.9 billion above limits set by the Treasury in the Spring. We und...
Housing: Northstowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010 on Housing: Northstowe, what the site specific reasons that the project was stalled are.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010, on Housing: Northstowe, if she will set out the remit of the accelerator taskforce.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, what budget is being used to fund the additional 300 planning officers.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007, on Planning Authorities: Staff, whether the 300 planning officers will be recruited in addition to the Planning Capabili
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, how the 300 planners her Department plans to hire over the next five years will be funded.
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Local Growth Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 814 on Local Government: Devolution, what role the Council of Nations and Regions will have in the development of local growth
Answer · 18 Oct 2024
The Council of Nations and Regions will facilitate partnership working between the UK Government, Devolved Governments, the Mayor of London, and Mayors of Combined Authorities and Combined County Authorities. It will focus on the delivery of public servic...
Early day motions
| 2 Jun 2026 | Social Security | 16 sig. |
| 13 May 2026 | Energy Conservation | 54 sig. |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Excise | 27 sig. |
| 4 Jun 2025 | Mauritius Treaty | 107 sig. |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Local Government | 22 sig. |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Housing | 32 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
The Prime Minister may not think so now, but it is a tribute to him that not a single sitting Labour MP could beat him. Not the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) who could not count her taxes, not the right hon. Membe…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
That is a lovely statement that the Prime Minister has just made to Pooja; I am sure that the whole House will agree. I think that the whole House will also agree that he gave a very diplomatic answer to the question I asked on advice to h…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I thank the Prime Minister for that answer and for paying tribute to so many of the people he has been able to help. In fact, I remember when I started this job, the Prime Minister was very helpful to me, saying that I would not last the y…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I know how much the Prime Minister has come to enjoy our exchanges—in fact, in the King’s Speech debate he told me that on difficult days my input was “always a ray of sunshine.”—[Official Report, 13 May 2026; Vol. 786, c. 24.] He mi…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I thank the Prime Minister for that answer. No doubt, he will be disappointed that he will not be emulating his hero Harold Wilson in winning multiple elections. However, we all hope that he may be about to emulate him in another way: by b…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
Can I start by thanking the Prime Minister for the way that he responded to the murder of Ann Widdecombe last week? This is the first opportunity I have had on the Floor of the House to commemorate her life. A lot has been said about how s…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
We understand it perfectly, and that is why—[Interruption.] Yes, we do. That is why the Prime Minister is leaving and so is his Chancellor. Labour Members are laughing and pretending, but if he was doing such a fabulous job, why did he res…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
It does not sound as if the Prime Minister has told the right hon. Member for Makerfield to find £5 billion. He says that any Labour Prime Minister would stand behind this plan. Let me tell him what Lord Dannatt, the former head of the Arm…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
The Prime Minister says that he is delivering this outside the Budget. That is right: it should have been in the last Budget. The strategic defence review was published last year. It should have been in the last Budget, not the next Budget…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
The Chief of the Defence Staff is an honourable man, and what he and the NATO Secretary-General have done is welcome the fact that the plan has been published—just that it has been published. They have been waiting for more than a year. Th…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
The Prime Minister did not say that it was enough, and that was a very long list of things that he is not yet paying for. It is not right and it is not fair—certainly not to our troops, who put their lives on the line for all of us every s…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
Can I associate myself and those on the Opposition Benches with the Prime Minister’s comments about Venezuela, and also about the Lib Dems? [Laughter.] But seriously, the Chief of the Defence Staff made it known that the armed forces neede…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
The right hon. and learned Gentleman is the one who is resigning because of his MPs. There is no point trying to distract from that. Let’s be honest: the Prime Minister has made many mistakes, otherwise he would not be going, but he has al…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
The fact is that if the Education Secretary knew so much about poor children, she would not have given them fewer teachers. Teacher numbers have gone down—[Interruption.] It is amazing; I have never seen this much excitement on the Labour …
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
Once again I have to ask: if it is all so fantastic, why is the Prime Minister resigning? It is very generous of him to stick by his Ministers, because they did not stick by him. He can say what he likes, but the people of Aberdeen gave th…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
Labour Members are cheering so loudly, but if it is all going so fine, why is the Prime Minister resigning? The fact is the Chancellor did let him down. She is the one who snatched the winter fuel payment and who announced a disastrous Bud…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
I think the Prime Minister forgot to mention that we got 50% of the vote in Aberdeen South. He says that he is funding defence; the truth is he would not be in this mess if his Chancellor had found money for the defence investment plan. Th…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
I associate the Opposition with the Prime Minister’s remarks on the horrific train crash, the attacks in Edinburgh and, of course, Armed Forces Week. I want to start by congratulating the Prime Minister: he is the other party leader who…
22 Jun 2026 G7 Summit
I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. He is right when he says that everyone in this House owes a debt to the Prime Minister, but it is most certainly not a debt of gratitude; it is the other type of debt th…
15 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
We have been warning that the delays to the defence investment plan are making our troops and our country less safe. Last week, the Defence Secretary and the Minister for the Armed Forces quit the Government, because they knew that those w…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Secretary of State for Business and Trade · Department for Business and Trade 7 Feb 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
- President of the Board of Trade · Department for Business and Trade 7 Feb 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
- Minister for Women and Equalities · Government Equalities Office 25 Oct 2022 – 5 Jul 2024
- Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade · Department for International Trade 6 Sep 2022 – 7 Feb 2023
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (jointly with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 16 Sep 2021 – 6 Jul 2022
- Minister for Equalities · Government Equalities Office 14 Feb 2020 – 6 Jul 2022
- Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 13 Feb 2020 – 15 Sep 2021
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) · Department for Education 27 Jul 2019 – 13 Feb 2020
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 9 Jul 2024 – 2 Nov 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 8 Jul 2024 – 9 Jul 2024
Other posts
- Vice-Chair, Conservative Party 8 Jan 2018 – 27 Jul 2019
Committee memberships
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 4 Nov 2021 – 6 Jul 2022
- Local Government (Disqualification) Bill 24 Nov 2021 – 1 Dec 2021
- Public Accounts Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 30 Nov 2021
- Elections Bill 22 Sep 2021 – 26 Oct 2021
- Justice Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 15 Jul 2019
Previous seats
- Saffron Walden · Elected 2 times 8 Jun 2017 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Dulwich and West Norwood 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mrs Kemi Badenoch, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mrs Kemi Badenoch?
Mrs Kemi Badenoch is a Member of Parliament representing North West Essex in the House of Commons. See Mrs Kemi Badenoch's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mrs Kemi Badenoch represent?
Mrs Kemi Badenoch sits as Conservative. See Mrs Kemi Badenoch's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mrs Kemi Badenoch represent?
Mrs Kemi Badenoch is the Member of Parliament for North West Essex. See Mrs Kemi Badenoch's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mrs Kemi Badenoch been an MP?
Mrs Kemi Badenoch has served in the House of Commons for 9 years, 1 month. See Mrs Kemi Badenoch's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mrs Kemi Badenoch?
Mrs Kemi Badenoch has 19 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mrs Kemi Badenoch's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.