Clacton by-election attracts 34 candidates
The list of people taking on Nigel Farage contains 20 independents and a number of joke candidates.
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The Clacton by-election, triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation as MP, has attracted a record 34 candidates, including 20 independents and several joke candidates like Count Binface and Laurence Fox. Farage is the only candidate from a major Westminster party, as Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Greens declined to contest the seat. Voters will go to the polls on 13 August in what is believed to be the highest number of candidates in a modern by-election.