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Electoral history of Kemi Badenoch

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Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch, 2024

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.

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

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General election 2010: Dulwich and West Norwood[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tessa Jowell 22,461 46.6 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mitchell 13,096 27.2 +6.1
Conservative Kemi Adegoke 10,684 22.2 +1.3
Green Shane Collins 1,266 2.6 −3.7
UKIP Elizabeth Jones 707 1.5 +0.7
Majority 9,365 19.4 −0.3
Turnout 48,214 66.2 +9.3
Registered electors 72,817
Labour hold Swing -0.8
General election 2017: Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 37,629 61.8 +4.6
Labour Jane Berney 12,663 20.8 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Hibbs 8,528 14.0 +3.4
UKIP Lorna Howe 2,091 3.4 −10.4
Majority 24,966 41.0 −2.4
Turnout 60,911 73.1 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
General election 2019: Saffron Walden[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 39,714 63.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Hibbs 12,120 19.2 +5.2
Labour Thomas Van De Bilt 8,305 13.2 −7.6
Green Coby Wing 2,947 4.7 New
Majority 27,594 43.8 +2.8
Turnout 63,086 72.5 −0.6
Conservative hold Swing -2.0
General election 2024: North West Essex [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 19,360 35.6 –26.1
Labour Issy Waite 16,750 30.8 +17.0
Reform UK Grant StClair-Armstrong[a] 7,668 14.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Smita Rajesh 6,055 11.1 –8.6
Green Edward Gildea 2,846 5.2 +0.4
Independent Andrew Green 852 1.6 N/A
Independent Erik Bonino 699 1.3 N/A
Independent Niko Omilana 156 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,610 4.8 –37.2
Turnout 54,386 68.5 –4.0
Registered electors 79,824
Conservative hold Swing –21.6

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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Candidate MPs' 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 50 14.0 64 +14 17.9 71 +7 19.8 86 +15 24.1 113 +27 31.6 81,326 47.2 57.4
Rishi Sunak 88 24.6 101 +13 28.2 115 +14 32.1 118 +3 33.1 137 +19 38.3 60,399 35.0 42.6
Penny Mordaunt 67 18.7 83 +16 23.2 82 −1 22.9 92 +10 25.8 105 +13 29.3 Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch 40 11.2 49 +9 13.7 58 +9 16.2 59 +1 16.5 Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 37 10.3 32 −5 8.9 31 −1 8.7 Eliminated
Suella Braverman 32 8.9 27 −5 7.5 Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi 25 7.0 Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt 18 5.0 Eliminated
Votes cast[b] 357 99.7 356 −1 99.4 357 +1 99.7 355 −2 99.4 355 0 99.2 141,725 82.2 100
Spoilt ballots 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 +1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 654 0.4
Abstentions 1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 1 −1 0.3 1 0 0.3 1 0 0.3 30,058 17.4
Registered voters 358 100.0 358 0 100.0 358 0 100.0 357 −1 100.0 358 +1 100.0 172,437 100.0

2024 Conservative Party leadership election

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Candidate MPs' 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 22 18.6 28 Increase6 23.5 30 Increase2 25.2 42 Increase12 34.7 53,806 56.5
Robert Jenrick 28 23.7 33 Increase5 27.7 31 Decrease2 26.1 41 Increase10 33.9 41,388 43.5
James Cleverly 21 17.8 21 Steady 17.6 39 Increase18 32.8 37 Decrease2 30.6 Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 17 14.4 21 Increase4 17.6 20 Decrease1 16.8 Eliminated
Mel Stride 16 13.6 16 Steady 13.4 Eliminated
Priti Patel 14 11.9 Eliminated
Votes cast 118 97.5 119 Increase1 98.3 120 Increase1 99.2 120 Steady 99.2 95,194 72.8
Abstentions 3 2.5 2 Decrease1 1.7 1 Decrease1 0.8 1 Steady 0.8
Registered voters 121 100.0 121 0 100.0 121 0 100.0 121 0 100.0 131,680 100.0


Notes

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  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. ^ a b c d Percentage of voting electorate for candidates, percentage of total electorate for votes cast.

References

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  1. ^ Coyle, Simon (4 July 2024). "North West Essex general election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. ISSN 0962-2276. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Election 2010: Dulwich & West Norwood". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Saffron Walden Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. ^ ""North West Essex general election 2024 results in full as Kemi Badenoch contests seat"". 4 July 2024.
  6. ^ Kendix, Max (16 June 2024). "Reform candidate to resign over BNP support". The Times. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.
  9. ^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  10. ^ "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  11. ^ Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  12. ^ Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  13. ^ Maldment, Jack (5 September 2022). "Tory leadership result: New prime minister to be announced imminently - watch live". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  14. ^ Piper, Elizabeth; Maclellan, Kylie (5 September 2022). "Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Liz Truss wins leadership race". BBC. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
    "Graham Brady reveals Liz Truss has been elected as new Tory leader". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. ^ Maidment, Jack (4 September 2024). "Robert Jenrick on top in first round of Tory leadership race as Priti Patel eliminated". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  17. ^ Nevett, Joshua (2024-09-10). "Mel Stride out as four left in Tory leadership contest". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-10.