# Farage puts seat on the line over ‘establishment hit job’ and wins it back

https://mins.news/en/item/22408

- Fox News, 2026-08-14 16:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/farage-puts-seat-line-over-establishment-hit-job-voters-send-him-right-back

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won back his Clacton parliamentary seat after forcing a by-election to seek voters’ judgment amid allegations over an undeclared £5 million gift. He received 22,239 votes against 9,455 for satirical candidate Count Binface. A parliamentary standards investigation into Farage’s finances was reactivated after the result.

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