The Conservative Party's new leader is Kemi Badenoch.

The former business secretary defeated opponent Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388 at a Saturday event in central London.

The MP for North West Essex will take over as leader of the opposition, succeeding Rishi Sunak, and will work to steer the Conservatives back to power following their crushing election loss in July.

They face a significant challenge, with just 121 MPs after an election that saw the party lose seats to Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Reform.

A YouGov poll published ahead of the result found four in 10 voters had an unfavourable view of Ms Badenoch, including 29% of Conservative voters, while Britons were more likely to think Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would make a better prime minister.