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Farage Wins By-Election But Count Binface Gets 26.7% Of Vote
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4:09Now PlayingNigel Farage is returning to Parliament after a comfortable election win over a satirical candidate dressed as a trash can, but the victory is unlikely to quiet questions about the Reform UK leader's personal finances. Farage got 62.8% of the vote in the constituency centered on the English resort town of Clacton-on-Sea to retain his seat in the House of Commons, beating his main competitor, Count Binface. The perennial joke candidate, who poses as an intergalactic space warrior, received a personal-best 26.7%, leading 33 challengers. It was the largest-ever field in a British by-election, as fringe figures flocked to take part in the spectacle. Our Uk Politics Reporter James Woolcock joins Stephen Carroll and Lizzy Burden on Bloomberg Radio to discuss.
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