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Nigel Farage becomes MP as he wins Clacton seat

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has become an MP after winning the seat in Clacton - with the Conservatives in second place.

It is his eighth attempt to become an MP.

Mr Farage won the seat with 21,225 votes, a majority of 8,405.

He is the second Reform UK candidate to win tonight after Lee Anderson took Ashfield earlier.

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5 July 2024

General election 2024

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