New Conservative Party leader to be crowned as Jenrick and Badenoch await outcome

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Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday, as the four-month-long race to replace Rishi Sunak reaches the finish line.
The result of the leadership ballot is expected to be announced late in the morning, with the members’ ballot having closed on Thursday.
The winner will be at the helm as the party looks to recover from the July election result which saw it return just 121 MPs.
After the close of polls on Thursday, both candidates thanked their backers for their support through the contest.
Ms Badenoch described the party as a “family” and said that it is “much more to me than a membership organisation”.
Mr Jenrick also called for the party to “move past the drama” of recent years and “unite”.
“Together we can put an end to the excuses, move past the drama, and unite our party,” he wrote on X.
Immigration, the economy, and how the Conservatives can rebuild trust with the electorate and win back voters they lost at the election have all been discussed at length through the campaign.