Kemi Badenoch Wins Leader Election Saturday, 2 November, 2024 Kemi Badenoch was unveiled as the new Conservative leader this morning on a historic day for the party. In the tightest Conservative leadership race since the modern system was introduced, it was Kemi Badenoch who did enough. Having woken up as shadow housing secretary, she was declared the new Tory leader by lunchtime. Badenoch won 53,806 votes from the Tory faithful (56.5 per cent), while... Articles
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