UK vote count under way in Farage, Binface showdown
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.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage secured victory in the Clacton by-election, defeating Count Binface with 22,239 votes to Binface's 9,455. The win represents a 12,784 majority, or 62.82% of the vote. This is an improvement from Farage's 8,405 majority, 46.2%, in the 2024 general election. The result was declared shortly after 6am on August 14, 2026.
Of the 34 candidates standing, 32 of them lost their deposit. Count Binface claimed the official declaration of the result was humiliating for Farage, noting that in the 2024 general election he had received only 9,455 votes and in the Clacton by-election he has received 10,000% more votes than he did against Andy Burnham. Farage said he would not attend the official declaration of the result as he was told by Essex Police about an organized campaign to disrupt and degrade the result due to a credible threat against him.
However, Essex Police later stated that they had not advised any candidate not to attend the count and the count took place without issue.
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