He is 44 and will replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. She became the first black woman to lead a major party Great Britain.
He promised to renew the party, saying that the party should return to its traditional ideas.
“It’s time to get to work, it’s time to renew,” he said.
Badenoch becomes the fifth Tory leader since mid-2016 after 53,806 party members voted in his favor against former immigration secretary Robert Jenrick.
Reuters notes that, given the left-leaning start of the Labor government after the election, some conservatives are increasingly optimistic that they can return to power at the next election in 2029.
