Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday, as the four-month-long race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line. The result of the leadership ballot is expected to be announced late in the morning, with the members’ ballot having closed on Thursday.

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday, as the four-month-long race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line. The result of the leadership ballot is expected to be announced late in the morning, with the members’ ballot having closed on Thursday.

Badenoch replaces Rishi Sunak, who stood down as party leader following the Conservatives' defeat in the 2024 general election.

Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power.

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are waiting to find out who will take over as leader of the Conservative Party. The four-month-long race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line on Saturday, with the result of the leadership ballot expected to be announced late in the morning after the members’ ballot closed on Thursday.

The winner of the Conservative Party Leader has been confirmed as Kemi Badenoch seeing Robert Jenrick lose polls.

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 and takes over a Conservative Party reeling from its worst ever election defeat.