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Nigel Farage set for decisive but arguably empty victory in Clacton

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Nigel Farage set for decisive but arguably empty victory in Clacton

The Guardian · Aug 13, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC

Leader of Reform UK on course to defeat Count Binface and an assortment of fringe candidates as polls close in Essex Voting has closed in one of the UK’s more unusual and least tense byelections, with Nigel Farage set for a decisive if arguably empty victory against dozens of independent, fringe, extreme or otherwise oddball opponents.…