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Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party. The former business secretary was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by ...
Conservative MPs vote in two more ballots, where candidates are reduced to two finalists. [41] 10–31 October An online ballot of the final two candidates takes place for all Conservative party members. [38] 2 November The result of the ballot is announced, and the winner becomes the leader of the Conservative Party. [38]
Challenges facing Kemi Badenoch as new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Political scrapper set on 'governing right' 'A classic left-right era': Labour's big Budget and Badenoch's win reset politics
Ex-Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said she believes there is a 35 to 40 per cent chance that Kemi Badenoch will lead the Conservative Party into the next general election.
[128] [129] As a result of Mordaunt's withdrawal, Sunak won the leadership contest unopposed, and became the leader of the Conservative Party. [130] [5] It was the first time a candidate won a leadership election for one of the two main parties unopposed since Gordon Brown won the Labour Party leadership election to succeed Tony Blair in 2007 ...
Jenrick in turn congratulated his opponent on her win and urged Conservatives to unite behind the new leader. On Monday, a friend of Jenrick's said: "Rob thinks the party needs to come together ...
Tim Montgomerie, Conservative activist, creator of ConservativeHome and co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice think tank [119] (subsequently endorsed Jenrick) Shane Painter, National Secretary of Scottish Young Conservatives [ 120 ]
Badenoch got 53,806 votes to Robert Jenrick’s 41,388 - making it the closest Tory leadership race of recent times [EPA]