Count Binface has taken on three PMs and lost - but could this be his best ever performance?

The self-styled intergalactic space warrior wears a giant silver bin on his head and a silver cloak.

CLACTON-ON-SEA, Britain - Counting started on Aug 13 in an English by-election pitting hard-right leader Nigel Farage against a joke candidate named Count Binface in a vote dismissed by some residents as a “farce”.Farage, who triggered the vote by resigning the parliamentary seat he had held since 2024 over an investig

Vote counting has already begun and will continue through the night with a result expected by around 7:00 am local time on Friday.

Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances.

Facing awkward questions about his finances, the anti-immigration politician dramatically announced that he’s quitting Parliament in order to run again, a move critics denounced as a ploy to dodge a parliamentary probe. So far only one candidate has announced plans to run against Farage: Count Binface, a comedian with

Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances.

The 'independent space warrior' has previously dabbled in foreign policy issues, including calling for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia.

Commentary: Reform UK leader needs to get out the vote in the Essex constituency to justify quitting as the local MP just over a month ago

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage is set to walk away with the election in Clacton-on-Sea, where he is running without competition from any other mainstream party. His only opposition comes from the costumed, other-worldly joke candidate known as Count Binface — the alter ego of British comedian Jon Harvey. Dressed i

Polls opened Thursday in an eastern England by-election that pits hard-right leader Nigel Farage - often touted as a potential future British prime minister - against perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a vote shunned by the country's main political parties."If Count Binface does well in this election, it's not g

WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE, United Kingdom: Polls opened on Thursday (Aug 13) in an eastern England by-election that pits hard-right leader Nigel Farage - often touted as a potential future British prime minister - against perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a vote shunned by the country's main political parties.Polling

Tens of thousands of voters are heading to the polls Thursday in a special election in a small seaside resort just outside London that pits a potential candidate to be the next U.K. prime minister against a collection of independents, jokers and single-issue candidates, led by a man who wears a trash can on his head.

The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelection Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, as the disruption unleashed by the Iran war began to take its toll, official figures show. Heather Stewart has the story. Good morning. In the media, August is known

Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader, forced a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Clacton after he came under pressure over his financial declarations.

Reform UK's Farage faces off against Count Binface in election  Reuters

A special election is taking place Thursday in the seaside town of Clacton, just east of London

Nigel Farage faces off against Count Binface in special election that's been denounced as a stunt  apnews.com

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage triggered a byelection when he quit as Member of Parliament amid an investigation into his finances. Avneet Dhillon explains what led to the probe, and why his main challenger in the race is Count Binface — a candidate dressed as a giant trash can. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reut

The Reform UK leader quit as an MP to trigger the contest in protest at media and parliamentary scrutiny of donations from his backers

Count Binface appears to have become Nigel Farage's main competition in the Clacton by-election - and now another rival party has talked about a potential dream collaboration - the Loony Bin

Nigel Farage is the clear favourite, but Count Binface is attracting serious support in a by-election featuring a record 34 candidates, including an Australian software engineer and three "Loonies".

Satirical candidates are a long-standing tradition in British politics, but few have made as much of an impression as Count Binface. TIME speaks to the novelty candidate ahead of the Clacton by-election.

Calling himself the "only fresh thing on the menu," the trash-talking candidate is now in a prime position for the upcoming vote.

They're the frontrunners to represent Clacton in Parliament - but what do the Reform leader and independent space warrior stand for?

Who will win the Clacton by-election? Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, visits the seaside town