Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency North West Essex when Mrs Kemi Badenoch was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
2,610
Electorate
79,698
Turnout
68.2%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
19,360 35.6% -26.1%
Issy Waite
Labour
16,750 30.8% 17.0%
Grant StClair-Armstrong
Reform UK
7,668 14.1% 14.1%
Smita Rajesh
Liberal Democrat
6,055 11.1% -8.5%
Edward Gildea
Green Party
2,846 5.2% 0.4%
Andrew Green
Independent
852 1.6% 1.6%
Erik Bonino
Independent
699 1.3% 1.3%
Niko Omilana
Independent
156 0.3% 0.3%