# Nigel Farage defeats Count Binface to reclaim UK parliamentary seat

https://mins.news/en/item/21913

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-14 07:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/14/nigel-farage-defeats-count-binface-to-reclaim-uk-parliamentary-seat?traffic_source=rss

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat in the Clacton by-election, winning 22,239 votes against 9,455 for joke candidate Count Binface. Farage had triggered the contest by resigning and called the result a “convincing, overwhelming win”. Turnout was 44 percent.

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