Kemi Badenoch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Angela Rayner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Business and Trade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 7 February 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Grant Shapps[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jonathan Reynolds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of the Board of Trade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 September 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Jonathan Reynolds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister for Women and Equalities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nadhim Zahawi[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Bridget Phillipson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for International Trade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 September 2022 – 7 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for North West Essex Saffron Walden (2017–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alan Haselhurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 2,610 (4.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the London Assembly as the 4th Additional Member | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 5 May 2016 – 8 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gareth Bacon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Susan Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the London Assembly as the 9th Additional Member | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 16 September 2015 – 5 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Victoria Borwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Shaun Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke 2 January 1980 Wimbledon, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hamish Badenoch (m. 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch (/ˈbeɪdnɒk/ BAYD-nok;[1] née Adegoke, born 2 January 1980)[2] is a British politician who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2024 and was Secretary of State for Business and Trade from 2023 to 2024. She was also President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2022 to 2024.[3][4] A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex, previously Saffron Walden, since 2017.[5]
In 2012, Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat on the London Assembly, but was appointed an Assembly Member after Victoria Borwick resigned upon becoming an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House of Commons in 2017. After Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019, Badenoch was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities. In September 2021, she was promoted to Minister of State for Equalities and appointed Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities.
In July 2022, Badenoch resigned from government in protest at Johnson's leadership; she stood unsuccessfully to replace him in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.[6][7] Following Liz Truss becoming prime minister in September 2022, Badenoch was appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and was sworn in to the Privy Council;[8] she was reappointed Trade Secretary by Truss's successor, Rishi Sunak, the following month, also becoming Minister for Women and Equalities.
In a February 2023 Cabinet reshuffle, Badenoch assumed the position of Secretary of State for Business and Trade following the merging of the Department for International Trade with elements of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Badenoch retained the responsibilities of Women and Equalities Minister.[4] After the Conservative's defeat in the 2024 General Election, Badenoch was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in Sunak's Shadow Cabinet and later launched her bid to become Leader of the Conservative Party.
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