Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleCount Binface has confirmed that he will run against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election.The by-election, which was triggered by Mr Farage’s resignation as an MP on Tuesday over accusations regarding his funding, has been condemned as a “political tantrum” by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems, the Greens and Restore Britain are all boycotting the by-election, leaving Count Binface and independent candidates the only barriers to Mr Farage rejoining Parliament.Count Binface, the creation of comedian Jonathan David Harvey, posted on X: “I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.”The novelty candidate last stood in the Makerfield by-election won by would-be prime minister Andy Burnham, receiving 0.2 per cent of the vote.In fullParties reject by-election triggered by Farage amid scrutiny over his financesMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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The Reform leader had faced intense security over his financial arrangements

The Reform UK leader dramatically triggered the by-election in his Essex seat after quitting as an MP amid growing pressure on him to come clean about his finances.

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"I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," Farage said. "It's a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment". #EuropeNews

The resignation will trigger a by-election in the coastal electorate of Clacton, which Farage says he will contest.

Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage has quit as MP for Clacton, forcing a by-election that he has said he will fight.

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Nigel Farage has announced he is resigning from the House of Commons to fight a by-election in Clacton. In a 16-minute live statement from Milbank Tower, the Reform leader gave…

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The Clacton constituency, on the coast of Essex in eastern England, has had an eventful history

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Reform UK leader to stand down as MP for Clacton and run again in subsequent by-election, as he tries to get ahead of donations row

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, announced…

The Reform UK leader said he would contest a ‘people versus the establishment’ by-election in the Clacton constituency

Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP and will recontest his Clacton seat in a by-election amid mounting scrutiny over financial donations and an ongoing parliamentary standards…

Comedian and “independent space warrior” Count Binface hails from a long line of British joke candidates.