Kemi Badenoch is new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party – POLITICO

LONDON — Kemi Badenoch triumphed in the Conservative leadership election and is now leader of Britain’s official opposition party.

Badenoch beat former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick. She received 53,806 votes, compared with 41,388 votes for Jenrick.

She inherits the dubious honor of leading Britain’s Tories, who suffered their worst-ever election defeat in July after 14 years in government. They were reduced to just 121 seats in the House of Commons as Labour won a landslide.