Mr Farage will no longer only be running against comic candidate Count Binface, despite the main Westminster parties boycotting the by-election and dismissing it as a stunt.

After Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party all said they will not stand candidates, Nigel Farage's main challenger now appears to be the satirical…

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Restore Britain will not be fielding candidates in this by-election