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Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch is a Conservative and Unionist Party candidate in North West Essex constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election.

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Kemi Badenoch's policies

Statement to voters

Kemi Badenoch has served as the MP for the Saffron Walden constituency since 2017, having been re-selected in 2019.

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Kemi is now the Conservative candidate for North West Essex.

Kemi is currently Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities.

She has previously held roles as Minister for Local Government, Faith and Communities at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Minister for Equalities, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education.

Kemi is a former Vice-Chair of the Conservative Party and former member of the Justice Select Committee. Prior to her election as a Member of Parliament, she was a Conservative member of the London Assembly, acting as the GLA Conservative’s spokesperson for the economy.

She other areas of interest include engineering and technology, social mobility and integration. She provides regular mentoring to women who wish to pursue careers in technology.

Kemi has supported hundreds of people across the Saffron Walden constituency with a wide range of individual issues, community and national concerns. She works closely with the local councils, schools, businesses, community groups and many more to represent the interests of her constituents and their communities.

This statement was last updated on May 29, 2024.

This statement was added by Kemi Badenoch, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

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Party manifesto

Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative and Unionist Party candidate. Find out more about their policies in the Conservative and Unionist Party manifesto.

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Wikipedia

Olukemi Olufunto "Kemi" Badenoch is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Business and Trade since 2023 and President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden in Essex since 2017.

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Conservative and Unionist Party

Kemi Badenoch's party is the Conservative and Unionist Party.

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Kemi Badenoch's elections

Date Election Party Results Position
2024 North West Essex: UK Parliamentary general election Conservative and Unionist Party (Results due after 04 July 2024) Position not available
2019 Saffron Walden: UK Parliamentary general election Conservative and Unionist Party 39,714 votes (elected) 1st / 4 candidates
2017 Saffron Walden: UK Parliamentary general election Conservative and Unionist Party 37,629 votes (elected) 1st / 4 candidates
2016 London Assembly: London Assembly elections (Additional) Conservative and Unionist Party Elected (vote count not available) Position not available
2010 Dulwich and West Norwood: UK Parliamentary general election Conservative and Unionist Party 10,684 votes (not elected) 3rd / 5 candidates
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