Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
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North West Essex
MP Since
8 June 2017 (9 years, 5 months)
Role
Leader of HM Official Opposition
Status
active
Constituency: North West Essex
Mrs Kemi Badenoch represents North West Essex in the House of Commons, sitting as a Conservative Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 9 years, 5 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role. Additional salary for Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, or committee roles is not yet shown here — those figures require careful verification against primary IPSA and Ministerial Salaries documents before publishing.
£244,266
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£228,046
Office
£11,991
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£4,229
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Declared Donations (61)
£861,469.86
total declared, since 2024 general election
Source: Electoral Commission official register, donations since the 2024 general election (4 July 2024) only. Donations are legally required to be declared if above the statutory threshold — this is not a complete record of all support an MP may receive.
News Corp UK & Ireland Limited
Other · 24 Aug 2026
£8,177.95
Philip Charles Harris
Individual · 1 Jul 2026 · Other
£60,000
Giles Davies
Individual · 12 Mar 2026 · Other
£10,000
RNIE Group LTD
Company · 9 Feb 2026 · Other
£10,000
James Mellon
Individual · 27 Jan 2026 · Other
£10,000
Watt Trading Ltd
Company · 9 Jan 2026 · Other
£10,000
Hoover Institution
Other · 17 Oct 2025
£27,479.96
J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
Company · 6 Jun 2025
£150,000
Lord Andrew Roberts
Individual · 27 Jan 2025
£10,000
S Wernick & Sons (Holdings) Ltd
Company · 26 Oct 2024
£2,500
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Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
3 Jun 2026 · Result: 302 Aye, 155 No (passed)
Voted No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
2 Jun 2026 · Result: 171 Aye, 302 No (failed)
Voted Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
20 May 2026 · Result: 104 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
19 May 2026 · Result: 108 Aye, 323 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Privilege
28 Apr 2026 · Result: 223 Aye, 335 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion
27 Apr 2026 · Result: 279 Aye, 176 No (passed)
Voted No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
22 Apr 2026 · Result: 260 Aye, 161 No (passed)
Voted No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38
15 Apr 2026 · Result: 256 Aye, 150 No (passed)
Voted No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26
15 Apr 2026 · Result: 269 Aye, 162 No (passed)
Voted No
Opposition Day: Defence
24 Mar 2026 · Result: 98 Aye, 306 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Opposition Day: Oil and gas
24 Mar 2026 · Result: 108 Aye, 297 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty
18 Mar 2026 · Result: 103 Aye, 259 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026 · Result: 368 Aye, 107 No (passed)
Voted No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
11 Mar 2026 · Result: 175 Aye, 292 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
11 Mar 2026 · Result: 292 Aye, 161 No (passed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (20)
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Tory researcher accused of spying for China breaks silence on being 'fall guy' for security services
A British man who was charged with spying for China has broken his silence after the case was thrown out of court.
Chris Cash, a former parl…
GB News·11 Nov· View coverage →
Bridget Phillipson: Kemi Badenoch has ‘no interest in supporting LGBT+ people’
Exclusive: Equalities minister says Tories are ‘chasing Reform into the gutter’ as they drop support for planned law to ban ‘conversion ther…
Guardian Politics·11 Nov· View coverage →
All Kemi had at PMQs was jokes … and unfunny jokes at that | John Crace
Even her own MPs were stony-faced as the Tory leader ran though her set list of gags from the budget to Russell Brand
UK politics live – la…
Guardian Politics·11 Nov· View coverage →
MPs shout ‘shame’ at Kemi Badenoch over Russell Brand quip aimed at Ed Miliband
Metro·11 Nov· View coverage →
Party leaders back Mail's dementia campaign with Kemi Badenoch praising 'important lifeline to families caring for loved ones'
Nigel Farage, of Reform UK, described our Dementia Carers Together initiative as 'brilliant' and 'exactly the sort of practical, no-nonsense…
Daily Mail·11 Nov· View coverage →
Call it tough love, with the love removed: it’s Kemi’s war on benefits claimants
The Tory leader outlines her £36bn welfare cuts, again, to an audience of an age and a wealth that they don’t need to work
Call it tough lov…
Guardian Politics·10 Nov· View coverage →
Kemi Badenoch speaks out after man who threatened to kill her is jailed
Kemi Badenoch has spoken to GB News after a man was jailed over death threats he sent to the Conservative leader and her husband.
Kieran Kyl…
GB News·10 Nov· View coverage →
Even some Reform voters think Kemi Badenoch would make a better Prime Minister than Nigel Farage, according to poll that concludes Tory leader has the 'upper hand' in fight for the Right
The YouGov survey revealed that more than one in five Reform supporters (22 per cent) think the Conservative leader would do a better job in…
Daily Mail·10 Nov· View coverage →
Civil servant who juggled FIVE Whitehall jobs found guilty
A civil servant is facing an immediate jail term after being found guilty of fraud for using remote working and sick notes to juggle up to f…
GB News·9 Nov· View coverage →
Former teacher jailed after telling Kemi Badenoch ‘I would have shot you dead’
Metro·9 Nov· View coverage →
Ex-teacher jailed for telling Kemi Badenoch: 'I would have shot you dead'
Kieran Kyle has been handed a jail sentence and restraining order after sending the Conservative Party leader racist language and threats of…
Evening Standard·9 Nov· View coverage →
Ex-teacher who sent racist emails to Kemi Badenoch jailed
A former school teacher who sent Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch racist emails and claimed to have been a member of the IRA has been…
Sky News·9 Nov· View coverage →
Kemi Badenoch accuses police officers of 'cover up' over Henry Nowak murder
Kemi Badenoch has accused Hampshire Constabulary of a "cover-up" in the way officers treated Henry Nowak moments after he was murdered.
The …
GB News·6 Nov· View coverage →
Henry Nowak’s parents slam killer’s appeal against sentence and call his mother’s early release ‘an absolute disgrace’
The family of Henry Nowak has slammed his killer's bid to appeal his sentence and branded the possible early release of his mother "an absol…
GB News·5 Nov· View coverage →
No amount of sliding in the polls can shake Kemi Badenoch’s self-belief – or alter her party’s direction | Andy Beckett
Two years in to her leadership, Badenoch continues to take the Tories ever-rightwards, into comfort-zone Conservatism
What happens to a po…
Guardian Politics·5 Nov· View coverage →
Kemi Badenoch says Africans should apologise for slavery. She should read a history book
Enslavement’s devastating impact on Caribbean and African nations means that cross-diasporic solidarity has become central in addressing its…
The Guardian·4 Nov· View coverage →
Migrants who are handed settled status thanks to Labour's immigration U-turn will face having it cancelled, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch vows
The Conservative leader said foreign workers who fail to make a 'net contribution' to the country will lose so-called settled status, also k…
Daily Mail·4 Nov· View coverage →
Tory revival gathers pace as poll shows Kemi Badenoch's party closing in on Labour
Kemi Badenoch's party was on 24 per cent support in the latest YouGov research - up two points in a week.
Daily Mail·3 Nov· View coverage →
Widening inequality, stagnant pay – Britain urgently needs Labour’s hard-won workers’ rights | Polly Toynbee
The British Social Attitudes survey reveals record levels of dissatisfaction. But still Kemi Badenoch and the business lobby want to take us…
The Guardian·3 Nov· View coverage →
Antigua's PM welcomes Charles - then says he wants to REMOVE him as head of state, blasts Kemi Badenoch and demands UK pay huge reparations over slavery 'so there isn't a repeat'
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has said he personally wants to see King Charles removed as his country's monarch and insists repa…
Daily Mail·2 Nov· View coverage →