Jenrick and Badenoch Enter Final Race for Conservative Leader
Published on October 9, 2024
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will face off in a ballot to decide who will be the next Conservative leader, after James Cleverly was eliminated from the race. After the final parliamentary party vote on Wednesday, Badenoch came in first place, winning 42 votes, followed by Jenrick with 41, and Cleverly coming in last with 37 votes. Cleverly said after the results were announced that he was grateful for the support he had received from his colleagues, party members, and the public. “Sadly it wasn’t to be. We are all Conservatives, and it’s important the Conservative Party unites to take on this catastrophic Labour government,” he wrote on social media platform X....