Jump to content

Kemi Badenoch

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable

Kemi Badenoch

MP
Official portrait, 2024
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
2 November 2024
MonarchCharles III
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byRishi Sunak
Leader of the Conservative Party
Assumed office
2 November 2024
Preceded byRishi Sunak
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
In office
7 February 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byGrant Shapps[a]
Succeeded byJonathan Reynolds
President of the Board of Trade
In office
6 September 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Succeeded byJonathan Reynolds
Minister for Women and Equalities
In office
26 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi[b]
Succeeded byBridget Phillipson
Secretary of State for International Trade
In office
6 September 2022 – 7 February 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
In office
16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byLuke Hall
Succeeded byPaul Scully
Minister of State for Equalities[c]
In office
14 February 2020 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Baroness Williams of Trafford
Succeeded byAmanda Solloway
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded bySimon Clarke
Succeeded byHelen Whately
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
In office
27 July 2019 – 13 February 2020[d]
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byNadhim Zahawi
Succeeded byVicky Ford
Shadow Cabinet posts
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
In office
8 July 2024 – 2 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byAngela Rayner
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament
for North West Essex
Saffron Walden (2017–2024)
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byAlan Haselhurst
Majority2,610 (4.8%)
Member of the London Assembly
as the 4th Additional Member
In office
5 May 2016 – 8 June 2017
Preceded byGareth Bacon
Succeeded bySusan Hall
Member of the London Assembly
as the 9th Additional Member
In office
16 September 2015 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byVictoria Borwick
Succeeded byShaun Bailey
Personal details
Born
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke

(1980-01-02) 2 January 1980 (age 44)
Wimbledon, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Hamish Badenoch
​
(m. 2012)​
Children3
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Software engineer
  • Consultant
Websitekemibadenoch.org.uk
Kemi Badenoch's voice
Badenoch speaks in a debate on socialism versus capitalism
Recorded 28 May 2018

Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (/ˈbeɪdnɒk/ BAYD-nok; née Adegoke; born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has been the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden since 2017. She was the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade from 2022 until 2024. She also was the Minister for Women and Equalities from 2022 to 2024.

She served in Boris Johnson's second government as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities at the Government Equalities Office from 2020 to 2022.

Personal life

[change | change source]

Badenoch was born in Wimbledon, London. Her parents are of Nigerian origin. Her childhood was spent in part in the Nigerian capital Lagos and the United States. She returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 16. She is married to Hamish Badenoch. The couple have three children.[1]

Conservative leadership candidacies

[change | change source]
Main articles: July–September 2022 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election and 2024 Conservative Party leadership election (UK)

In July 2022, Badenoch announced her candidacy for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2022 leadership election.[2] She was eliminated in the fourth round of voting on 19 July 2022.[3]

Badenoch was seen as a frontrunner in the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election early on in the election.[4] On 28 July 2024, she announced she was running in the election to be the new Tory leader and Leader of the Opposition.[5][6] After several rounds of voting, she faced Robert Jenrick. In the Member's vote, Badenoch defeated Jenrick with 56.5% of the vote on 31 October 2024. She was then declared the winner of the race, and thus Leader of the Conservative Party on 2 November.[7]

Leader of the Opposition

[change | change source]

In her acceptance speech on 2 November 2024, Badenoch promised to "renew" the Conservative Party.[8] She became the first black leader of any major UK political party and the fourth woman to lead the Conservative Party.[9]

Notes

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ As Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
  2. ↑ As Minister for Equalities.
  3. ↑ As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2020 to September 2021.
  4. ↑ Michelle Donelan was appointed on 4 September 2019 as an additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families to cover the portfolio during Badenoch's maternity leave.

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ Murphy, Joe (27 February 2018). "Kemi Badenoch: New vice-chairman of the Conservatives talks about her fight to recruit a more diverse range of MPs". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Mikhailova, Anna (8 July 2022). "Now Kemi Badenoch launches a leadership campaign in tomorrow's Times." Twitter. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tory leadership race live: Kemi Badenoch eliminated as Rishi Sunak tops poll of MPs". The Guardian. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kemi Badenoch has double the support of Suella Braverman among members to be next Tory leader, poll suggests". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Kemi Badenoch announces bid to become Tory leader". BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership bid as Suella Braverman withdraws from contest". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Balls, Katy (2 November 2024). "What Kemi Badenoch's victory means for the Conservatives". The Spectator.
  8. ↑ "Kemi Badenoch's speech in full as Tory leader: 'The time has come to tell the truth'". The Independent. 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election". The Guardian. 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

Other websites

[change | change source]

Media related to Kemi Badenoch at Wikimedia Commons

Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kemi_Badenoch&oldid=9957151"