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Count Binface's Clacton vote share hits record 26.9% as he finishes second
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Count Binface won 9,455 votes (26.9%) in the Clacton by-election, his best result yet, finishing second to Nigel Farage.
WHY IT MATTERS
The result highlights the low barrier to entry in UK elections, where a £500 deposit and 10 signatures suffice to stand. For engineers building civic or electoral tools, this shows how easily satirical or protest candidates can enter the process, and how vote shares can be split.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Count Binface received 9,455 votes, 26.9% of the total, in the Clacton by-election.
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Nigel Farage won the seat with 22,239 votes, 63.3% of the vote.
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Binface's previous best was 308 votes against Rishi Sunak in 2024.
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Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election
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