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Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to regain UK parliament seat in widely mocked by-election

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage drinks a pint on the day of voting in the Clacton by-election triggered by his own resignation
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage drinks a pint on the day of voting in the Clacton by-election triggered by his own resignation. © Toby Shepheard, Reuters

The anti-immigrant Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage beat comic opponent Count Binface on Friday as was expected, regaining the seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked by-election in the seaside town of Clacton.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a rubbish bin, won more than a quarter of the vote.

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