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| Kemi Badenoch announced as new Tory leader | Kemi Badenoch announced as new Tory leader |
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| Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. | Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. |
| Badenoch, who was raised in Nigeria, is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK. | |
| She takes over from Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives to their worst ever election defeat in July. | |
| During her campaign, Badenoch vowed to return the Conservatives to "first principles" and launch a series of reviews in the coming months to shape a new policy platform. | During her campaign, Badenoch vowed to return the Conservatives to "first principles" and launch a series of reviews in the coming months to shape a new policy platform. |
| She is also the sixth Tory leader in less than eight and a half years and faces the challenge of uniting a fractured party. | She is also the sixth Tory leader in less than eight and a half years and faces the challenge of uniting a fractured party. |
| In her victory speech, Badenoch told members it was "time to tell the truth” and “get down to business". | |
| Her "first responsibility" as the new Tory leader "is to hold this Labour government to account," she said. | |
| "Our second is no less important - it is to prepare over the course of the next few years for government." | |
| The final result saw Badenoch win with 53,806 votes compared to Jenrick's 41,388 votes. | |
| All eyes will now turn to who Badenoch chooses for her shadow cabinet as she sets out the the future shape of the party. | |
| Only a third of Conservative MPs backed Badenoch in her leadership win. | |
| Badenoch previously said she would offer a frontbench job to all six of her rivals in the leadership race, including Jenrick. | |
| But shadow home secretary James Cleverly, who came third in the race, has already ruled himself out of a frontbench role. |