Clacton By-Election - 2026

[SteveAitch]

OK, so there are now ten candidates for this waste of time and money.

Place your bets, now.

Of, and did anyone else misread the last in the list as Lucy Worsley, or was it just me?

 

[ginjawarrior]

A quick Google of Amelia Randall shows she's stepped down already

Birchington rural county councillor ‘withdraws’ from Clacton by-election race to ‘avoid splitting independent vote’

Just a day after announcing she would stand against Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election, Kent county councillor Amelia Randall has now said she is withdrawing from the race. The county…

theisleofthanetnews.com

 

[Mongrel]

Unfortunately I think it'll be Farage, the entertainment for me is seeing how many votes Count Binface gets

 

[lionking]

Binface easily.

 

[lionking]

Dupe

 

[zooterkin]

Already more than one change from this list - https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.clacton.by.2026-08-13/clacton/

And still a few more days before the final list is published on the 17th.

I tend to agree with Mongrel, Farage will win, but he's not going to enjoy the next few weeks.

 

[Darat]

Reeves sums it up: “….if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won’t stop him”

 

[zooterkin]

Just seen on Facebook; picture of Count Binface with the tagline: Ich Bin Ein Binliner.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Farage will win.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Of course.
But he won't get to brag about having besten a candidate from an established party.

 

[SteveAitch]

As an aside, it looks like the press are delving into important items in the Count's manifesto.

 

[Andy_Ross]

They are still giving this a full on campaign it seems.

Rob Hapgood
@rob_hapgood
A fantastic first of two Action Days canvassing in Clacton.

We started the morning with a campaign briefing, where @Nigel_Farage shared some key updates with the team. The message on the doorsteps couldn’t have been clearer.

Residents are proud to have @Nigel_Farage as their MP and are determined to vote @reformparty_uk on polling day to reinforce the mandate they gave him. They want that message heard loud and clear across the country.

People are tired of the same old promises from the political establishment. They want change, they believe Reform can deliver it, and they told us they want to see @Nigel_Farage in No. 10.

Looking forward to getting back out again tomorrow. Vote for @Nigel_Farage, and together we will deliver the change this country so desperately needs Britain needs Reform



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[Matthew Best]

I think Farage will win, but I desperately want Binface as an MP. I have little faith in the people of Clacton, I'm afraid.

 

[Andy_Ross]

i bet Binface doesn't want to be an MP for Clacton.

 

[Darat]

Neither does Farage…

 

[zooterkin]

Already mentioned in the main UK politics thread, I think, but there are reports that Reform are diverting party activists from campaigning for Mayor of Manchester to the Clacton by election.

 

[Norman Alexander]

i bet Binface doesn't want to be an MP for Clacton.

I suspect he will withdraw at the last minute, having made Nige look as ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ridiculous as he truly is on the national stage, leaving him all alone as the sole candidate who "can't lose", totally humiliated and primed to face the corruption enquiry again.

 

[jimbob]

Unfortunately I think it'll be Farage, the entertainment for me is seeing how many votes Count Binface gets

Yup Farage is the favourite. But when he's competing against self-, confessed joke candidates, to compete is to take a big L.

Especially if the reports of him taking Reform activists from the Manchester mayoral election campaign are true.

He's forced himself to take a man dressed as a bin as a serious competitor.

If he doesn't get 90% of the vote, it's a humiliation.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

They are still giving this a full on campaign it seems.

Rob Hapgood
@rob_hapgood
A fantastic first of two Action Days canvassing in Clacton.

We started the morning with a campaign briefing, where @Nigel_Farage shared some key updates with the team. The message on the doorsteps couldn’t have been clearer.

Residents are proud to have @Nigel_Farage as their MP and are determined to vote @reformparty_uk on polling day to reinforce the mandate they gave him. They want that message heard loud and clear across the country.

People are tired of the same old promises from the political establishment. They want change, they believe Reform can deliver it, and they told us they want to see @Nigel_Farage in No. 10.

Looking forward to getting back out again tomorrow. Vote for @Nigel_Farage, and together we will deliver the change this country so desperately needs Britain needs Reform

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First time visiting the constuency since election night?

 

[angrysoba]

I expect Farage will win it easily, unfortunately.

However, if there is a glimmer of hope, it is that Farage might lose the most extreme members to the only person who is clearly worse than him in the race, and that is failed actor, Laurence Fox. Could he peel off just enough votes to make Binface viable? Well, no, I doubt it.