Date confirmed for Nigel Farage vs Count Binface by-election

Count Binface, a joke candidate, has emerged as the frontrunner against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election as the main parties have boycotted it (Image: PA)

THE date for the by-election triggered by Nigel Farage’s decision to quit as an MP has been confirmed.

The Clacton contest is being boycotted by the other main Westminster parties, who view Farage’s actions a stunt, leaving comedy candidate Count Binface as the highest-profile opponent for the Reform UK leader.