Reform UK leader Farage faces parody candidate in by-election

A small British seaside town voted Thursday in a special election between a hard-right populist and a man who wears a trash can on his head.Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned to call the by-election after being accused of accepting an unlawful gift, but no major parties ran against him, and one of British politics’

Polling stations opened around 7:00 am and will close by 10:00 pm, with counting beginning immediately and a result expected early Friday.

Voter turnout expected to be low in Clacton, with 34 candidates on a metre-long ballot, and a summer heat wave hitting the town outside London

Nigel Farage depicts himself as an outsider taking on the establishment, but now the tables have turned.

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 11, 2026 12:03pm Updated August 11, 2026 12:03pm The news has landed just two days before Nigel Farage’s big summer by-election (Picture: Alamy Live News.) More bad polling news has landed for Reform, as the single pollster that put them in the lead over Labour la

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Set in motion by Farage amid a probe into his finances, the election may backfire as all of the major political parties denounced it as a stunt.