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Kemi Badenoch marks a year since taking over as Conservative Party leader on Sunday, November 2.

Here, the PA news agency sets out a brief timeline of Mrs Badenoch’s leadership of the Tories.

– November 2024

Mrs Badenoch won the Conservative leadership contest to succeed Rishi Sunak following the party’s drubbing at the general election. She saw off five other senior Conservatives in the contest: Sir James Cleverly , Dame Priti Patel , Sir Mel Stride, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat. All of them have since gone on to occupy positions in her shadow ministerial team.

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