When will we know the Clacton by-election result - and could Count Binface pull off shock win over Farage?

Nigel Farage and Count Binface are the main contenders in Thursday’s Clacton by-election

Two thirds of people in Clacton said they would vote for Nigel Farage if the by-election was held tomorrow

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is running in a special election where his main opponent is a man dressed like a dustbin

For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface  AP News

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.

Just days before the Clacton by-election takes place, a message has appeared in the skies for those in the area who may still be unsure who to give their vote to.

Binface, who has run against prime ministers past and present, was the first to throw his bucket in the ring when Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage abruptly quit Parliament.

The by-election has a record number of candidates standing despite being called just a few weeks ago

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 10, 2026 1:24pm Updated August 10, 2026 1:25pm Count Binface crossed the final frontier for his latest election stunt (Picture: Count Binface) Nigel Farage’s top opponent in the Clacton by-election Count Binface has kicked off the week of the vote with a very on-b

Highlights from the election platforms of perennial British joke candidate Count Binface  Toronto Star

Timing is everything in comedy and, so it seems, in British politics for a perennial joke candidate who wears a garbage can on his head.

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory threshold, introduce proportional representation and reserve 30 percent of political leadership positions for women.

A comedian dressed as a trash can is vying for Nigel Farage's seat in Parliament. Count Binface is Oxford-educated Jon Harvey, whose costumed character has become a fixture in U.K. politics.

Nigel Farage will hold a press conference at 11 on Monday morning with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf - follow live updates below

Timing is everything in comedy and, so it seems, in British politics for a perennial joke candidate who wears a garbage can on his head.

Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections. The discrepancies were found in 1,971 neighborhoods out of the total 3,558 across the nation for

Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival A pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count Binface challenges Nigel Farage in a byelection on Thursday. The light aircraft spent around half an hour between 2,10

This year’s festival has the biggest ever number of shows

Farage v Binface is the warm-up. His real showdown will be with Kemi  The Times

The boycott by major parties has opened the door to a host of by-election hopefuls. Here's who's on the metre-long ballot paper...

The Tories are not standing in next week's election, triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation.