Kemi Badenoch Wins Conservative Party Leadership Contest

Kemi Badenoch has emerged victorious in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader.

Earlier today, Kemi Badenoch was elected as the Conservative Party's new leader after a months-long, hard-fought race to replace Rishi Sunak.

She describes being appointed leader as an "enormous honour" and pledges to hold the Labour government to account, saying it's "time to get down to business"

Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in the election among Tory members, hinting in her victory speech at a possible "key role" for him

If you missed it, here are the results in full:

Kemi Badenoch: 57% of the vote, at 53,806

Robert Jenrick: 43% of the vote, at 41,388

There were 131,680 eligible electors - that is, members of the Conservative Party.

Of this, the turnout was 72.8%.


'Let's get to work': Badenoch arrives at CCHQ after leadership win

Kemi Badenoch has just arrived at the Conservative Party headquarters in London for her first day in the party's top job.

She was greeted to applause from those gathered in the entryway, before delivering a short speech.

"I have never see CCHQ so full on a Saturday morning," she says.

"This has not been the easiest campaign for a lot of us, it took a lot of guts and a lot of courage for us to stick to the fact we needed to renew before we started having a new manifesto for the next election.

"But that means we can start afresh."

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