Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch has beaten Robert Jenrick to become the new leader of the Conservatives.She received the support of 53,806 Tory members, compared to Jenrick’s 41,388 - a winning margin of more than 12,000 votes.Her win marks the end of the prolonged four-month race to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the opposition.She also becomes the first black leader of a major British political party.Badenoch served as the business and trade secretary in the last government and has been the shadow housing secretary since the Tories were kicked out of Downing Street.She said the “huge job” ahead involves “the people we want to bring back to the Conservative Party”.Badenoch said: “This is not just about the Conservative Party, it is about the people we want to bring back to the Conservative Party, it is about the people we need to bring into the Conservative Party.“It is about what the Conservative Party needs to be over the next five, 10 and 20 years.“Our party is critical to the success of our country, but to be heard we hav