US EditionUK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
- Kemi Badenoch has won the race to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in a months-long contest.
- Badenoch's campaign, called Renewal 2030, aims for the Tories to return to power in the next election.
- Badenoch's victory indicates a rightward shift for the Conservative Party, suggesting a more hardline approach to various issues in opposition.
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On Saturday November 2, Kemi Badenoch became the first woman of Afro-Caribbean origin to lead the British Conservative Party. Elected with nearly 57% of the vote, this 44-year-old former computer engineer embodies the values of the ultra-right, “true conservatism” and a strict immigration policy....
UK Conservatives Make Groundbreaking Choice
The UK's struggling Conservatives announced Saturday that they have made a historic decision in electing the daughter of Nigerian immigrants to lead their party back to power. Kemi Badenoch received votes from 53,806 party members, NBC News reports, to Robert Jenrick's 41,388. Both are members of Parliament with...
News24 | Kemi Badenoch becomes first black woman to head British Conservatives
Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles.
Kemi Badenok is the first woman to lead one of the two most important pages in Britain, the post is in the one-party election in the Conservative Party as heir to Rishi Sunak won 12,418 votes against the opponent Robert Decandra.
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Kemi Badenoch becomes first Black woman to head British Conservatives
LONDON: Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday (Nov 2), after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles. Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and ha
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