Farage claims win as vindication but watchdog immediately restarts £5m gift probe as Tories call by-election a pointless farce ⊕⊕
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Reform UK's leader was re-elected MP for Clacton with 22,239 votes, more than he won at the 2024 General Election but with a smaller than predicted share of ballots cast (63.3 per cent)
The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: Clacton cannot acquit him | Editorial ⊕
Reform won a contrived byelection, but scrutiny continues – while the party increasingly attacks the watchdogs and journalists asking awkward questions
Nigel Farage didn’t attend the count of the byel…
Donald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers | Jonathan Freedland ⊕
The pattern in the US and Britain is clear. They serve up stunt after stunt to mask incompetence and the betrayal of all those who trusted them
It’s a shame Nigel Farage ducked the announcement of his…
Chris Mason: Where does this unorthodox by-election victory leave Nigel Farage? ⊕
As expected, the Reform UK leader easily won the Clacton by-election but was nowhere to be seen after the result.
Farage wins Clacton byelection, but was it worth it? – podcast ⊕
Nigel Farage has won the Clacton byelection he triggered by resigning from the seat because he wanted to allow voters to ‘stick two fingers up at the entire establishment’. The Reform UK leader’s pol…
‘Disgraceful’: what one election photo tells us about British politics in 2026 ⊕
Results from coastal town of Clacton have been interpreted positively by Nigel Farage and Count Binface, but one spoiled ballot tells its own story
UK politics live – latest updates
It ended, perhaps f…
What do people in Clacton think of Farage's by-election win? ⊕⊕
The Reform leader wins the by-election he triggered, and gains more votes than last time.
Reform UK accuses Vodafone of 'facilitating migrant invasion' over handing of free SIM cards to asylum seekers ⊕
Zia Yusuf, the party's home affairs spokesman, pledged a Reform government would 'immediately review' the mobile network operator's public contracts.
So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he's in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen Jones ⊕
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The Reform leader claims vindication from the people, and it’s too early to write him off. But the problems he now faces may be more than he can bear
Nigel Farage is a rattled, embattled politician. P…
4 days ago
Nigel Farage wins Clacton byelection in contest boycotted by other main parties ⊕
Reform UK leader fails to appear for result, despite beating nearest challenger, Count Binface, and 32 other candidates
Clacton byelection – UK politics live
Nigel Farage has seen off Count Binface to …