# Clacton By-Election: Farage Defeats Count Binface

https://mins.news/en/video/21878

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-14 06:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGOjKqLn8g

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is returning to Parliament after winning a by-election in the constituency centered on the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea. He took 62.8% of the vote, comfortably beating satirical candidate Count Binface, who secured a personal best of 26.7%. Labour and the Conservatives boycotted the special election.

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