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Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

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August 14th, 2026

Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

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Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, won a special election in his Clacton constituency on Thursday.

反移民政党リフォームUKの党首ナイジェル・ファラージ氏は、木曜日に自身の選挙区クラクトンで特別選挙勝利した

He took 63% of the vote, while comic candidate Count Binface came second with about 27%.

彼は得票率63%を獲得しお笑い候補のカウント・ビンフェイス氏約27%で2位となった

Turnout was 44%.

投票率44%だった

Farage had quit the seat in July to trigger the vote, which many saw as a stunt.

ファラージ氏7月に議席を辞してこの選挙を引き起こしたが、多くの人はそれをパフォーマンスと見なした

Farage said the result was an "overwhelming win" and that voters had rejected the political establishment.

ファラージ氏は、この結果「圧倒的な勝利」であり有権者政治の既成勢力拒否した述べた

He did not attend the official result announcement, saying police had warned him of a plan to disrupt it.

公式の結果発表出席せず警察妨害計画について警告した述べた

Police disputed that claim.

警察その主張否定した

Binface, whose real name is Jon Harvey, called it his best-ever result and joked about his popularity compared to a recent rival.

本名がジョン・ハーヴィーであるビンフェイス氏は、これを自身の最高の結果と呼び、最近のライバルと比べた自分の人気について冗談を言った

The election was widely mocked because major parties boycotted it.

主要政党が選挙をボイコットしたためこの選挙は広く嘲笑された

Farage faced a field of 34 candidates, many of them novelty acts.

ファラージは34人の候補者と対戦したが、その多くは風変わりな出場者だった

He regained the seat with about 1,000 more votes than in 2024, but his victory does not guarantee he will keep it.

彼は2024年より約1000票多い得票で議席を取り戻した勝利が議席維持を保証するわけではない

A parliamentary watchdog investigation into an undeclared gift is likely to resume.

未申告の贈り物に関する議会の監視機関の調査が再開される可能性が高い

The probe concerns a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a crypto billionaire, which Farage says was a personal payment for security.

この調査は暗号資産の億万長者からの500万ポンド(約670万ドル)の贈与に関するものでファラージ氏はこれは警備のための個人的な支払いだったと述べている。

He also faces questions over his financial ties to a convicted fraudster.

また、有罪判決を受けた詐欺師との金銭的な関係についても疑問が持たれている。

Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said the election was a distraction and that Farage likely has more to hide.

労働党の委員長ブリジット・フィリプソン氏はこの選挙は注意をそらすためのものでありファラージ氏にはおそらく隠していることがもっとあると述べた

August 14th, 2026

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