Reform UK leader Farage wins Parliament seat

Mr Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, won a seat in the British Parliament for the first time on July 5 in the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, as voters deserted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.

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Mr Farage, whose career of anti-immigration, pro-Brexit campaigning has made him one of Britain’s most recognisable and divisive political figures, comfortably beat the Conservative candidate, Mr Giles Watling, who had previously held the seat.

His surprise entry into the election a month ago, having initially ruled out standing, boosted support for Reform UK across the country.