Nigel Farage has been re-elected as MP for Clacton after a decisive victory in the by-election he called to give voters the final say over who represents them in Westminster.
Farage won 22,239 votes - 63% - securing even more votes than he received at the 2024 general election. Farage won 46% of the vote in 2024, overturning a Conservative majority of 8,405 and securing the biggest single seat swing in modern election history.
That in itself was a remarkable result. But two years later, last night’s by-election was extraordinary, as Farage increased his vote even further.
This latest victory comes after a long campaign of political and media attacks intended to smear Reform UK and Farage, and to drive him out of politics. But instead, more people in Clacton came out to back Nigel.
Speaking at the Farage Fest election watch-party in Clacton, the Reform UK leader said the result was a “convincing, overwhelming win” and that Clacton voters had delivered their verdict.
“I called this by-election because I wanted the people of Clacton, the voters of this constituency, to be my judge - not the mainstream media in Britain and the political establishment”, he said.
“So I asked the voters of Clacton to be my jury, and the verdict has now come in.”
Farage said his victory showed that the people of Clacton had “stuck two fingers up to the entire political establishment”. He also hit out at the other parties for refusing to contest the seat, and leaving Count Binface to become “the candidate of the establishment”.
Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Shadow Chancellor, said the 44% turnout - notable for a by-election where there was little doubt who would win - was an encouraging sign for Reform. “It suggests to me that a lot of people here in Clacton have come out to vote to support Nigel and to stick two fingers up, frankly, to the establishment, who wanted to play judge, jury and executioner for him”, he told GB News.
Jenrick said the establishment parties’ refusal to field candidates showed that they knew “they couldn’t defeat Nigel Farage at the ballot box”. He added: “The old parties have failed this country for a very long time. They’re trying to get Nigel out of politics because he represents change.”
Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice called it an “unprecedented” victory, while Chairman Lee Anderson said the party would continue “defending the rights of people in this country” from the Commons backbenches.
Farage said Reform’s next task was to take its message beyond Clacton, and that Reform alone could “deliver real change in this country”.
Farage won 22,239 votes - 63% - securing even more votes than he received at the 2024 general election. Farage won 46% of the vote in 2024, overturning a Conservative majority of 8,405 and securing the biggest single seat swing in modern election history.
That in itself was a remarkable result. But two years later, last night’s by-election was extraordinary, as Farage increased his vote even further.
This latest victory comes after a long campaign of political and media attacks intended to smear Reform UK and Farage, and to drive him out of politics. But instead, more people in Clacton came out to back Nigel.
Speaking at the Farage Fest election watch-party in Clacton, the Reform UK leader said the result was a “convincing, overwhelming win” and that Clacton voters had delivered their verdict.
“I called this by-election because I wanted the people of Clacton, the voters of this constituency, to be my judge - not the mainstream media in Britain and the political establishment”, he said.
“So I asked the voters of Clacton to be my jury, and the verdict has now come in.”
Farage said his victory showed that the people of Clacton had “stuck two fingers up to the entire political establishment”. He also hit out at the other parties for refusing to contest the seat, and leaving Count Binface to become “the candidate of the establishment”.
Robert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Shadow Chancellor, said the 44% turnout - notable for a by-election where there was little doubt who would win - was an encouraging sign for Reform. “It suggests to me that a lot of people here in Clacton have come out to vote to support Nigel and to stick two fingers up, frankly, to the establishment, who wanted to play judge, jury and executioner for him”, he told GB News.
Jenrick said the establishment parties’ refusal to field candidates showed that they knew “they couldn’t defeat Nigel Farage at the ballot box”. He added: “The old parties have failed this country for a very long time. They’re trying to get Nigel out of politics because he represents change.”
Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice called it an “unprecedented” victory, while Chairman Lee Anderson said the party would continue “defending the rights of people in this country” from the Commons backbenches.
Farage said Reform’s next task was to take its message beyond Clacton, and that Reform alone could “deliver real change in this country”.
