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UK PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION · 13 AUGUST 2026
Clacton by-election result
Nigel Farage · Reform UK hold
Winning vote share63.3%
Reform UK finished 36.4 points ahead of Count Binface Party, on 44.0% turnout.
Who won?
Nigel Farage won for Reform UK. The majority was 12,784 votes.
Did the seat change hands?
No. Reform UK held the seat.
Was it a surprise?
Expected. The mainstream parties did not stand, leaving Farage overwhelmingly likely to regain the seat he had resigned.
WHAT IT TELLS US
Read the local result in context
The 63% share looks emphatic, but the unusual field makes this a poor guide to a normal general-election contest. The more useful signal is that over a quarter backed a protest candidate.
A by-election changes one MP. Turnout, candidates and local circumstances can differ sharply from a general election, so this result is not a national voting-intention poll.
SOURCE
Check the published result
Result figures come from UK Parliament or the relevant returning officer. Expected-versus-surprise labels and trend notes are Road to 326 editorial judgements, based on the previous result, vote-share movement and the circumstances of each contest; they are not probabilities or official classifications.