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Clacton
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Your member of parliament
Nigel Farage
Reform UKReform UK won Clacton at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,405 votes, or 18.3 points. A swing of 9.2 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 409 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 241.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 18.3 points, which is larger than 409 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
by-election of 13 August 2026
The by-election
This seat has voted since the general election. Nigel Farage was returned at the by-election of 13 August 2026.
Majority
12,784
36.4% of votes cast.
Turnout
44.0%
35,118 of 79,785 on the register.
Candidates
34
35,118 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel FarageElected | Reform UK | 22,239 | 63.3% |
| Count Binface | Count Binface Party | 9,455 | 26.9% |
| John Stevens | Rejoin EU | 492 | 1.4% |
| Tony Francis | Independent | 432 | 1.2% |
| Pamela Walford | Independent | 371 | 1.1% |
| Laurence Fox | The Reclaim Party | 347 | 1.0% |
| William Stuart James Clouston | Social Democratic Party | 256 | 0.7% |
| Nick Pelas | Independent | 202 | 0.6% |
| James Ransley | Consensus | 192 | 0.5% |
| Stephen Richard Ingram | Independent | 159 | 0.5% |
| Kai Stephens | British Democratic Party | 132 | 0.4% |
| Attieh Fard | Independent | 126 | 0.4% |
| Derrick Norbert Morris | Independent | 100 | 0.3% |
| Martyn Obrien | Independent | 65 | 0.2% |
| Martin Davies | Freedom Alliance | 60 | 0.2% |
| Robin Green | Independent | 59 | 0.2% |
| Rees Cowne | Independent | 50 | 0.1% |
| Adam Alkhatip | Forward Party | 49 | 0.1% |
| Amy Morris | Independent | 46 | 0.1% |
| Andy Erlam | Independent | 44 | 0.1% |
| Joseph 77 | Independent | 42 | 0.1% |
| Nick The Incredible Flying Brick | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 28 | 0.1% |
| Michael Noel O'Keeffe | Independent | 26 | 0.1% |
| Ketankumar Pipaliya | UK Voice | 21 | 0.1% |
| Howling Laud Hope | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 18 | 0.1% |
| Tony Cane | Independent | 17 | 0.0% |
| Daniel Pocock | Independent | 16 | 0.0% |
| Baron Von Thunderclap | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 15 | 0.0% |
| Abi Hookway | Independent | 14 | 0.0% |
| Marc Wilkinson | Independent | 11 | 0.0% |
| Marcus White | Everyone is God Party | 10 | 0.0% |
| Gerry Smith | Independent | 9 | 0.0% |
| Woke Trump Carzee | Independent | 8 | 0.0% |
| Glenn Charles Cummings | Independent | 7 | 0.0% |
2024 general election
And at the general election
Majority
8,405
18.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
58.7%
-1.0 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
9
45,958 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel FarageElected | Reform UK | 21,225 | 46.2% | +31.9 |
| Giles Watling | Conservative | 12,820 | 27.9% | +4.2 |
| Jovan Owusu-Nepaul | Labour | 7,448 | 16.2% | -17.5 |
| Matthew Bensilum | Liberal Democrat | 2,016 | 4.4% | -7.8 |
| Natasha Osben | Green Party | 1,935 | 4.2% | -2.2 |
| Tony Mack | Independent | 317 | 0.7% | -1.4 |
| Andrew Pemberton | UK Independence Party | 116 | 0.3% | +0.2 |
| Craig Jamieson | Climate Party | 48 | 0.1% | +0.1 |
| Tasos Papanastasiou | Heritage Party | 33 | 0.1% | +0.0 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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