Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, has cautioned that removing her from office or replacing the party leader will not solve the party’s problems following a disappointing performance in the May 1 local elections.
Her comments came after the Conservatives lost 674 council seats and control of 16 local authorities, while Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, gained 677 councillors and took control of 10 councils.
“Reform had a good night. We had a bad night. And what this shows for a lot of people who hoped that just changing leader again would fix everything is that that’s not going to be enough,” Ms Badenoch told the BBC on Sunday.
Ms Badenoch, who succeeded Rishi Sunak in November 2024 — about six months ago — said, “We tried that previously. And that brought us to a historic defeat.”
The Tory leader stated that her party will develop a plan to regain power, but won’t resort to flattering the public merely to secure electoral victory.
“We are going to come out with the policies that people want to see, but what we are not going to do is rush out and tell the public things that are not true just so we can win votes,” Ms Badenoch said.
She added, “This is not about winning elections; this is about fixing our country. Yes, of course, you need to win elections to do that, but you also need a credible plan.”
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