Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/nov/02/tory-leadership-election-results-live-kemi-badenoch-robert-jenrick-new-conservative-leaderFull leaderhip election results
Here are the full figures from CCHQ.
There were 131,680 eligible electors. Turnout was 72.8%.
Kemi Badenoch received 53,806 votes
Robert Jenrick received 41,388 votes
There were 655 rejected ballots.
66,288 electors voted online and 29,621 electors voted by post.
Robert Jenrick has urged the Conservative party to unite behind Kemi Badenoch. He posted this on social media.
Congratulations to @KemiBadenoch.
Thank you to everyone who supported my vision for a Conservative Party rooted in the common ground of British politics.
It’s now time for the @conservatives to unite behind Kemi and take the fight to this disastrous Labour Government
A reader asks:
How long is it before letters of no confidence from Tory MP’s can go in?
In theory, they could start arriving this afternoon
While Keir Starmer congratulated Kemi Badenoch on her victory (see 11.44am), the Labour party issued a more critical response on a statement from Ellie Reeves, the party chair. Reeves said:
Congratulations to Kemi Badenoch on being elected leader of the Conservative party. It’s been a long leadership election but sadly one thing is clear – the Conservatives have learned nothing since the British people resoundingly rejected them in July. It’s been a summer of yet more Conservative chaos and division.
They could have spent the past four months listening to the public, taking responsibility for the mess they made and changing their party. Instead, Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader shows they’re incapable of change.
