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Clacton Byelection

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set for a decisive victory in the Clacton byelection in Essex, where he faced dozens of independent and fringe candidates including Count Binface. Voting closed on 13 August. Farage said he would not attend the vote count, which the acting returning officer Ian Davidson declined to comment on for security reasons.

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