Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
Conservative
North West Essex
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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.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£47,549
5 registered interests published in 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
£40,000
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
£7,549
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£77,135
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
North West Essex
current
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Saffron Walden
Party history
2017-06-08 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-02-07 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
2023-02-07 → 2024-07-05
President of the Board of Trade
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Minister for Women and Equalities
2022-09-06 → 2023-02-07
Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
2021-09-16 → 2022-07-06
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (jointly with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
2020-02-14 → 2022-07-06
Minister for Equalities
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-15
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
2019-07-27 → 2020-02-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Opposition posts
2024-11-02 → present
Leader of HM Official Opposition
2024-07-09 → 2024-11-02
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2024-07-08 → 2024-07-09
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government
Committee memberships
2017-09-11 → 2019-07-15
Justice Committee
2020-03-02 → 2021-11-30
Public Accounts Committee
2021-09-22 → 2021-10-26
Elections Bill
2021-11-04 → 2022-07-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2021-11-24 → 2021-12-01
Local Government (Disqualification) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
kemi.badenoch.mp@parliament.uk
0207 219 3000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
0207 219 3000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
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