Electoral history of Kemi Badenoch

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Kemi Badenoch , who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since November 2024.

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She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex since 2024, and previously for Saffron Walden from 2017 to 2024. [1]

Parliamentary elections

2010 general election, Dulwich and West Norwood

General election 2010: Dulwich and West Norwood [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 22,461 46.6 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mitchell13,09627.2+6.1
Conservative Kemi Adegoke 10,68422.2+1.3
Green Shane Collins1,2662.6−3.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones7071.5+0.7
Majority9,36519.4−0.3
Turnout 48,21466.2+9.3
Registered electors 72,817
Labour hold Swing -0.8

2017 general election, Saffron Walden

General election 2017: Saffron Walden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 37,629 61.8 +4.6
Labour Jane Berney12,66320.8+9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Hibbs8,52814.0+3.4
UKIP Lorna Howe2,0913.4−10.4
Majority24,96641.0−2.4
Turnout 60,91173.1+1.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.2

2019 general election, Saffron Walden

General election 2019: Saffron Walden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 39,714 63.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Hibbs12,12019.2+5.2
Labour Thomas Van De Bilt8,30513.2−7.6
Green Coby Wing2,9474.7New
Majority27,59443.8+2.8
Turnout 63,08672.5−0.6
Conservative hold Swing -2.0

2024 general election, North West Essex

General election 2024: North West Essex [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 19,360 35.6 –26.1
Labour Issy Waite16,75030.8+17.0
Reform UK Grant StClair-Armstrong [a] 7,66814.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Smita Rajesh6,05511.1–8.6
Green Edward Gildea2,8465.2+0.4
Independent Andrew Green8521.6N/A
Independent Erik Bonino 6991.3N/A
Independent Niko Omilana1560.3N/A
Majority2,6104.8–37.2
Turnout 54,38668.5–4.0
Registered electors 79,824
Conservative hold Swing –21.6

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateMPs' 1st ballot:
13 July 2022 [7] [8] 		MPs' 2nd ballot:
14 July 2022 [9] [8] 		MPs' 3rd ballot:
18 July 2022 [10] [8] 		MPs' 4th ballot:
19 July 2022 [11] [8] 		MPs' 5th ballot:
20 July 2022 [12] [8] 		Members' vote
22 July to 2 September 2022 [13] [14] [15]
Votes%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes%% Votes cast
Liz Truss 5014.064+1417.971+719.886+1524.1113+2731.681,32647.257.4
Rishi Sunak 8824.6101+1328.2115+1432.1118+333.1137+1938.360,39935.042.6
Penny Mordaunt 6718.783+1623.282−122.992+1025.8105+1329.3Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch 4011.249+913.758+916.259+116.5Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 3710.332−58.931−18.7Eliminated
Suella Braverman 328.927−57.5Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi 257.0Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt 185.0Eliminated
Votes cast [b] 35799.7356−199.4357+199.7355−299.4355099.2141,72582.2100
Spoilt ballots 00.0000.0000.01+10.32+10.66540.4
Abstentions 10.32+10.61−10.3100.3100.330,05817.4
Registered voters358100.03580100.03580100.0357−1100.0358+1100.0172,437100.0

2024 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateMPs' 1st ballot:
4 September 2024 [16] 		MPs' 2nd ballot:
10 September 2024 [17] 		MPs' 3rd ballot:
8 October 2024		MPs' 4th ballot:
9 October 2024		Members' vote:
10–31 October
Votes% [c] Votes±% [c] Votes±% [c] Votes±% [c] Votes%
Kemi Badenoch 2218.628Increase2.svg623.530Increase2.svg225.242Increase2.svg1234.753,80656.5
Robert Jenrick 2823.733Increase2.svg527.731Decrease2.svg226.141Increase2.svg1033.941,38843.5
James Cleverly 2117.821Steady2.svg17.639Increase2.svg1832.837Decrease2.svg230.6Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 1714.421Increase2.svg417.620Decrease2.svg116.8Eliminated
Mel Stride 1613.616Steady2.svg13.4Eliminated
Priti Patel 1411.9Eliminated
Votes cast11897.5119Increase2.svg198.3120Increase2.svg199.2120Steady2.svg99.295,19472.8
Abstentions 32.52Decrease2.svg11.71Decrease2.svg10.81Steady2.svg0.8
Registered voters121100.01210100.01210100.01210100.0131,680100.0

Notes

  1. ↑ StClair-Armstrong resigned from Reform UK on 16 June 2024. As nominations had already closed, he was still identified as the Reform UK candidate on the ballot paper. [6]
  2. ↑ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Percentage of voting electorate for candidates, percentage of total electorate for votes cast.

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