UK Tories elect first black female leader

Kemi Badenoch has replaced the party’s former leader Rishi Sunak and has promised to win back voters abandoned the Conservatives

Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the UK’s Conservatives in a vote on Saturday, replacing Rishi Sunak and becoming the first black woman to lead a major British political party.

Born in the UK and raised in Nigeria, the 44-year-old beat out her opponent MP Robert Jenrick by 12,418 votes, according to the BBC.