Mrs Kemi Badenoch
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 8 June 2017
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 32%
- Debates contributed to
- 157
- Registered interests
- 83
- Declared value
- £1m
Record last updated 6 Nov 2026
Mrs Kemi Badenoch, Conservative MP for North West Essex, was elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024. She has cast 200 votes from 631 eligible divisions, giving her a participation rate of 32%, placing her in the bottom 10% of MPs by voting participation and the bottom 10% of Conservative MPs by votes cast. She has made 871 debate contributions across 157 debates in which she participated out of 12,880 eligible debates, with her top debate topics being Other/Procedural, Parliamentary Procedure, and Foreign Affairs & Defence. She was first elected in June 2017 and currently holds no government post.
Summary generated on 06/11/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
200 / 631
31.70%
Ranked #621 of 655 MPs (5th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
157 / 12880
871 total contributions
Ranked #302 of 655 MPs (54th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
83
£1,032,166.29
Ranked #5 of 655 MPs (99th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
The Rt Hon Mrs Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative MP for North West Essex, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. She currently undertakes the role of Leader of HM Official Opposition. In addition, she is Leader of the Conservative Party.
Constituencies
- North West Essex Jul 2024 – present
- Saffron Walden Jun 2017 – May 2024 · 2 terms
Posts held
- Leader of HM Official Opposition Nov 2024 – present · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Jul 2024 – Nov 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government Jul 2024 – Jul 2024 · Opposition
- Secretary of State for Business and Trade Feb 2023 – Jul 2024
- President of the Board of Trade Feb 2023 – Jul 2024
- Minister for Women and Equalities Oct 2022 – Jul 2024
- Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade Sep 2022 – Feb 2023
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (jointly with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
- Minister for Equalities Feb 2020 – Jul 2022
- Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Feb 2020 – Sep 2021
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) Jul 2019 – Feb 2020