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Kemi Badenoch Makes History as Britain’s First Female Conservative Leader with Nigerian Heritage

Emmanuel Ademola by Emmanuel Ademola
November 3, 2024
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Kemi Badenoch Makes History as Britain’s First Female Conservative Leader with Nigerian Heritage
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In a very historic event in the UK’s political history, Ms Badenoch, 44, has emerged the Britain’s first Conservative Party leader with Nigerian ancestry, defeating Robert Jenrick after a four-month contest, resulting from a vacuum created from Mr Sunak’s resignation in the wake of a humiliating election defeat.

Badenoch on Saturday won the election to replace the former prime minister Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party. She is the first person of African heritage to lead the Tories.

Making this announcement, The Conservative Party through a post on X on Saturday. Mentioned that “Kemi Badenoch has been elected Leader of the Conservative Party,” the party tweeted. The vote saw a turnout of 72%, according to Conservative MP Bob Blackman.

According to a YouGov survey, most respondents stated they had not yet developed an opinion about Ms. Badenoch. However, 40% of those polled claimed to not like her.

In an interview, former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland stated that Ms. Badenoch “will be an excellent person to work with” as a leader because he had witnessed her strong character and ability during their time together in government.

“She knows that the party’s values need to be reset and that we’ve got to win trust, as without trust, we don’t get anywhere in terms of electoral success,” he added. “I think she better understands that more than most, and that’s why she deserved to win.”

The role as opposition leader was an “unenviable task,” and Ms. Badenoch “will not be under any doubt about the scale of work ahead to win back power,” he added.

He said that Ms. Badenoch is the person who had more MP support than any other in the leadership race, so people need to knuckle down and get on with the job of opposing the government, not opposing each other.

While suggesting that she listen to think tanks and policy units who have the expertise to provide her with new and innovative policies, he added that he hoped a “new phase in politics” would see Ms. Badenoch unite the party and “the Tories regrouping.”

Emmanuel Ademola

Emmanuel Ademola

Ademola Emmanuel Akadiri is a trained and registered journalist with expertise in political public relations, political branding, media relations, crisis communication, government and media relations. He currently holds a Master's Degree in Mass Communication.

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