Kemi Badenoch, the former British Business Secretary, has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party. Her victory over Robert Jenrick in the final voting round has made history, as she becomes the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.
At 44 years old, Badenoch succeeds Rishi Sunak as the leader of the opposition, securing 53,806 votes compared to Jenrick’s 41,388.
The results were revealed by the party on Saturday morning. Throughout her campaign, Badenoch vowed to bring the Conservatives back to their “first principles” and to initiate a series of reviews aimed at developing a new policy agenda in the upcoming months.