Kemi Badenoch has won the race to become the next leader of Britain's Conservative Party. She takes the helm of the opposition at a time when it is seeking to overcome years of division and restore its reputation.

She has defeated Robert Jenrick in an election among Conservative members and will replace Rishi Sunak as leader

Ms Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick following a four-month long race to replace Rishi Sunak

The North West Essex MP will replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the opposition

Kemi Badenoch won a race on Saturday to become the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party, vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July. Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and…

LONDON: Kemi Badenoch won a race on Saturday (Nov 2) to become the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party, vowing to return the once-dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July. Badenoch, 44, replaces former prime ministe

The first Black woman leader of a major political party in Britain says the Conservatives must return to their traditional ideas.

Kemi Badenoch has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party after winning a divisive contest

The former business secretary secured 53,806 votes from Tory members after topping the MPs’ ballot.

Kemi Badenoch becomes UK Conservatives' new leader, facing challenges of party unity and public trust.

Nigeria-British, Kemi Badenoch, has been elected as the leader of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom. Kemi Badenoch, representing North West Essex in the British parliament, contested for the Conservative Party’s leadership on Thursday, October 31. At the close of voting, in a statement, Badenoch thanked supporters of her “Renewal2030” campaign promise of returning […]

Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the British Conservative Party. Ms Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in a final ballot of members which concluded on Thursday.

The UK's Conservatives on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak after the party's poor performance in July's general election. Badenoch, a staunch "anti-woke" advocate,…

Former British Business Secretary, Kemi Badenoch, has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party. This follows her victory over Robert Jenrick in

Former business secretary now heads up the main opposition.

Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch (pronounced BADE-enock) defeated rival lawmaker Robert Jenrick in a vote of almost 100,000 members of the right-of-center party. She is the first Black […]

The U.K.'s opposition Conservative Party on Saturday named its new leader, following a long-drawn-out runoff after the Tories' landslide electoral defeat marked a moment of reckoning.

The result of the leadership ballot was announced on Saturday morning after the members ballot closed on Thursday.

Ms. Badenoch is expected to move the party, now in the opposition, further to the right.

'It is the most enormous honour to be elected in this role'

Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party.

Badenoch becomes the first black leader of a UK-wide political party

The Tories have now had four female leaders, a British Asian leader and a black leader. Not only that, Margaret Thatcher , Theresa May, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were all prime ministers.

The UK’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it seeks to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14-year rule. The 44-year-old London-born British Nigerian woman was the first Black woman to lead a major British political party, FRANCE 24's Benedicte Paviot said, reporting from London.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

Kemi Badenoch will be the new Conservative leader after the former Cabinet minister won a four-month long contest in the wake of the party's worst-ever election defeat

Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting among party members

The former Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch scooped the Tory crown after a bitter four-month long contest in the wake of the party's worst-ever election defeat in July

She has just 120 other Conservative MPs from which to form a shadow team to hold Labour to account. Additionally many of those with ministerial experience are not up for the fight.

Badenoch was selected by Tory members to replace outgoing leader Rishi Sunak.

'We let standards slip'

The high-flying corporate lawyer began applauding Ms Badenoch's win alongside her husband before trying to give up after a few seconds.

Ms Badenoch said there was a 'huge job' ahead of the Conservative Party that had 'made mistakes' in the heavy election defeat

In her victory speech, she said it is the most enormous “honour to be elected to this role, to lead the party that I love - the party that has given me so much.”