Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Reform leader's Clacton by-election gamble backfires as sleaze storm reignites

Commentary: Mr Farage failed to turn up to the election count which avoided embarassing photos with Count Binface

The self-styled intergalactic space warrior finished second to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Despite winning the Clacton-on-Sea by-election, Nigel Farage did not attend the vote count. The Reform UK leader won with 63% of the vote on a turnout of 44%. Farage will now return as the constituency’s MP The highly publicised by-election was triggered after scrutiny about Farage’s financial backing. He was up agains

Count Binface came up against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election, with all other major parties pulling out.

Mr Farage has won the by-election but did not attend the count over disputed claims of a threat against him

‘Over one in four people in this constituency would rather have Count Binface as their MP than the leader of Reform UK, and I’m just getting started’, the joke candidate said

Nigel Farage secures victory in the Clacton by-election, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface. Get the full details of Farage’s win.

Essex police said they did not tell Farage not to attend the count.

The Reform UK leader said he would not be present at vote count in byelection he tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’ Nigel Farage set for decisive but arguably empty victory in Clacton This election is a novelty with a record 34 candidates, including Howling Laud Hope of The Official Monster Ravin

NewsUK & World NewsNigel FarageThe Reform UK leader retained his seat, as expectedEthan Davies06:08, 14 Aug 2026Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election with 22,239 votes.‌The Reform UK leader was widely expected to retain his seat in Essex as no other major party contested the by-election, although a record 34 can

Nigel Farage having a drink on election day yesterday (Picture: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock) Nigel Farage will return as MP for Clacton after sealing a convincing victory in yesterday’s by-election against Count Binface. The result means the Reform leader’s resignation gamble last month – triggering what he pitched as

NIGEL Farage has comfortably won the Clacton by-election ...

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull spoke to candidate for MP, Count Binface, as votes were counted in Clacton.

CLACTON-ON-SEA, England, Aug 14 - Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's populist Reform UK party, said on Friday he had regained his parliamentary seat, but would not be present at the count because of a police warning about a campaign to disrupt the result.

Right-wing political leader Nigel Farage wins the Clacton by-election after telling supporters he will skip the UK tradition of joining all the candidates on stage when the final result is announced.

Farage refuses to attend Clacton vote count over 'disruption plot' as Reform leader declares victory in by-election  lbc.co.uk

Vote counting was under way after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

The votes are in to see who has been crowned the new Member of Parliament for Clacton Constituency. Will it be an intergalactic candidate who wears a bin on his head - or a man who talks utter trash?

CLACTON has gone to the polls for a by-election that features a record-breaking 34 candidates on the ballot paper. Nigel Farage has an unusual list of opponents in the vote, which was triggered by the Reform UK leader's resignation from the seat in July - and Count Binface is one of the most recognisable. What...

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.

COUNT Binface claimed victory against Nigel Farage today after the polls opened in the Clacton by-election. The satirical candidate said getting re-elected as MP would not save the Reform UK leader from a Commons standards probe. In a post on X, the “galactic centrist” produced a flow chart also claiming victory over t

Polls open in crunch Clacton contest between Reform's Nigel Farage and Count Binface MEE staff on Wed, 08/12/2026 - 14:39 The Reform leader was elected MP for Clacton in 2024 but resigned last month to trigger the by-election, but a satirical candidate offers his biggest challenge The two

Nigel Farage forced a new election in his parliamentary seat after coming under pressure over his finances. His main challenger is Count Binface, a novelty candidate.

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