Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6RY16)
Conservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members
Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative party leader after defeating Robert Jenrick in a members' vote, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party and the fourth woman to lead the Tories.
Badenoch took just over 56% of the 95,000 votes, in a poll that had a 73% turnout of eligible members. This amounts to the narrowest win of the four since the party changed its rules to allow party members the final say in contested leadership elections.
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