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Kemi Badenoch
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Kemi Badenoch

Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (since November 2024) · Conservative Party

Kemi Badenoch is Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the UK House of Commons, a post she has held since November 2024.

Positions as of 28 October 2026
Profile on 12 axes11 of 12 documented
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign

Positions are taken from public statements, voting records and platforms as of 28 October 2026, and may have changed since. Report an inaccuracy.

Where they stand

The 12 axes, axis by axis

  1. 01Ownership+60
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+65
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare+50
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority+20
    DemocraticStrong leader

    Her party's plan would leave the ECHR, repeal the Human Rights Act, end the Immigration Tribunal and abolish the Judicial Appointments Commission and Sentencing Council, which reduces some judicial checks; she works within parliamentary and electoral processes, so scored moderately toward strong leadership.

  5. 05Security+60
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure+40
    LocalCentral

    Scored toward central because she campaigns for the Union against nationalist governments in Scotland and Wales and plans to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency and restore ministerial oversight.

  7. 07Morality+40
    ProgressiveTraditional

    Based on her support for the Supreme Court's biological definition of a woman, a call to ban trans women from female sport and a pledge to repeal the Public Sector Equality Duty.

  8. 08ReligionNo clear record
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology-35
    EmbraceCaution

    Scored toward embrace because the party plans to repeal the Climate Change Act, scrap net zero building rules, leave the Aarhus Convention and speed up nuclear approvals.

  10. 10Culture+60
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-30
    GlobalProtected

    She has supported free trade agreements and the CPTPP while criticising terms of the UK-India deal; scored toward global trade.

  12. 12Foreign policy+55
    CooperationStrength

One axis has no clear record: no documented statement, vote or platform places Kemi Badenoch there, so matching leaves it out.

Who is Kemi Badenoch?

Kemi Badenoch was born in London in 1980 and spent much of her childhood in Nigeria. She worked in software engineering and banking, sat on the London Assembly and was elected MP for Saffron Walden in 2017. She served as Business and Trade Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities under Rishi Sunak. After the 2024 election defeat she won the Conservative leadership, defeating Robert Jenrick in the members' ballot. In January 2026 she sacked Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, saying he was planning to defect, and he joined Reform UK. In August 2026 she reshuffled her shadow cabinet, appointing Andrew Griffith shadow chancellor. At the October 2026 conference in Birmingham she published a statement of principles called The Right Way.

Previously: MP for North West Essex (since 2024) · Secretary of State for Business and Trade (2023-2024) · Minister for Women and Equalities (2022-2024) · MP for Saffron Walden (2017-2024)

Documented positions

  • Announced that a Conservative government would withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act.Source: conservatives.com
  • Proposes a Removals Force to deport 150,000 people a year and a ban on asylum claims by people who enter illegally.Source: conservatives.com
  • Plans to repeal the Climate Change Act, scrap the carbon tax and end the ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences.Source: conservatives.com
  • Proposes over £70 billion a year in savings, including £36 billion from welfare, with half going to deficit reduction and the rest to tax cuts.Source: conservatives.com
  • Pledged at the October 2026 conference to abolish inheritance tax on the family home and stamp duty on the family home.Source: conservatives.com
  • Committed to a 3% defence spending target by 2030 and a Britannia Shield missile and drone defence system.Source: conservatives.com
  • Pledged 50,000 new prison places funded by repurposing the aid budget.Source: conservatives.com
  • Urged the UK government in March 2026 to strike Iranian missile sites after attacks on UK bases in Bahrain and Cyprus.Source: lbc.co.uk

Record

As Business and Trade Secretary she oversaw the UK's accession to the CPTPP trade bloc and trade talks with several countries; talks with Canada were paused in 2024. As leader she has moved the party to oppose net zero targets and to support leaving the ECHR, and she called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs in January 2025.

Supporters cite her clear policy programme and a detailed savings plan. Critics, including former colleagues, point to poor local election results in 2025, defections to Reform UK and the party's opinion poll ratings.

In their words

“Wealth must be created before it can be distributed.”
Leader's welcome speech, Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham, 4 October 2026

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What party is Kemi Badenoch in?

Kemi Badenoch is a member of the Conservative Party. She has led it, and served as Leader of the Opposition, since November 2024.

What are Kemi Badenoch's main policy positions?

Her party's plan includes leaving the ECHR, a Removals Force for deportations, repealing the Climate Change Act, over £70 billion of savings including welfare cuts, abolishing inheritance tax and stamp duty on the family home and a 3% defence target.

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Portrait: Official portrait of Kemi Badenoch MP crop 2, 2024.jpg by ©House of Commons / Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and converted to grayscale by 12axes-test.com.