Nigel Farage faces a record 34 candidates in a strange Clacton by-election triggered by his sudden parliamentary resignation amid a standards probe.

Nigel Farage won back his seat in a special election boycotted by mainstream rivals as a parliamentary probe into his cryptocurrency finances resumes.

Nigel Farage's triggered by-election in Clacton-on-Sea has divided local residents and turned the seaside town into a battleground over Reform UK's hard-line immigration policies.

Parody candidate Count Binface has released a twenty-point manifesto for the Clacton contest, featuring a pledge not to accept crypto billionaire donations.