Clacton By-Election Draws 34 Candidates as Farage Seeks Seat Back After 7 July Resignation
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 17
Clacton By-Election Draws 34 Candidates as Farage Seeks Seat Back After 7 July Resignation
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 17
Summary
A record 34 candidates have been confirmed for the 13 August Clacton by-election, with Nigel Farage among 20 independents and smaller-party contenders seeking the Essex seat.
Farage triggered the contest by resigning as MP on 7 July after scrutiny of his finances and a parliamentary investigation, but he is now standing again for Reform UK.
Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are not contesting, leaving Farage as the only candidate from a Westminster party against rivals including Count Binface and Laurence Fox.
Tendring District Council said the field is thought to be the largest in a modern by-election, surpassing the previous record of 26 candidates set in Haltemprice and Howden in 2008.