Clacton protest vote and boycott
Farage faced no mainstream-party candidate and ran a huge campaign, yet gained only 1,014 votes while valid voting in Clacton fell by 10,847 – down 23.6%.
Farage faced no mainstream-party candidate and ran a huge campaign, yet gained only 1,014 votes while valid voting in Clacton fell by 10,847 – down 23.6%.
Nigel Farage called the Clacton by-election a ringing endorsement. But 72.1% of the electorate did not vote for him and Count Binface took 26.9% of votes cast.
Nigel Farage resigned as Clacton MP during a standards inquiry, forced a costly by-election, won the same seat back and saw the investigation resume.