Kemi Badenoch wins North West Essex seat for Conservatives

Kemi Badenoch has gained the seat in North West Essex amid the Tory wipeout by Labour.

Badenoch, who has been the ladies and equalities minister since October 2022, obtained 19,360 votes within the North West Essex seat with a majority of two,610.

She was beforehand the Tory MP for Saffron Walden, which she gained with 39,714 votes in 2019.

Throughout her time as equalities minister Badenoch has been a controversial determine for her relationship with the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, notably having met with LGB Alliance, described trans ladies as “males” in a leaked recording, failed to herald a conversion remedy ban and sought details about altering the definition of ‘intercourse’ within the Equality Act.

In latest weeks, Badenoch has been in a public beefing match with David Tennant.

The Physician Who star hit out at Badenoch throughout a speech on the LGBT+ Awards:  “Till we get up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist anymore – I don’t want unwell of her, I simply want her to close up – while we do dwell on this world, I’m honoured to obtain (this award).”

In response, Badenoch took to social media to hit out on the actor and trans ally.

“I cannot shut up,” she wrote.

“I cannot be silenced by males who prioritise applause from Stonewall over the security of girls and ladies,” earlier than she accused Tennant of being a “wealthy, lefty, white male celeb so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the one black lady in authorities by calling publicly for my existence to finish”. 

However she didn’t cease there, she continued, hitting out at Labour, which Tennant helps, saying that “that is an early instance of what life will probably be like in the event that they win”.