# UK: Nigel Farage beats a trash can in Clacton by-election

https://mins.news/en/item/21921

- DW, 2026-08-14 07:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/uk-nigel-farage-beats-a-trash-can-in-clacton-by-election/a-78362464?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won back the Clacton parliamentary seat with about 63% of the vote. Comedian Jon Harvey, running in a trash-can costume as Count Binface, won roughly 27%, his strongest result yet. Farage skipped the count over claimed security concerns, while police said there was no credible threat. The win does not end an investigation into an undeclared £5 million gift.

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