New Record Set for Most Candidates in a UK Parliamentary By-Election
Voters in Clacton-on-Sea are preparing to head to the polls on August 13 for a parliamentary by-election following the resignation of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
A remarkable 34 candidates have put their names forward, establishing a new record for the highest number of contenders in any UK parliamentary by-election or general election contest. This surpasses the previous by-election high of 26 candidates, set during the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election, and far exceeds the general election record of 13 candidates in Rishi Sunak’s former Richmond and Northallerton constituency in 2024.
Notably, all major political parties have chosen to boycott the contest, labeling it a political stunt orchestrated by Nigel Farage.
Full List of Candidates for the Clacton Parliamentary By-Election:
Joseph 77 (Independent)
Adham Alkhatip (The Forward Party)
Count Binface (Count Binface Party)
Nick The Incredible Flying Brick (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)
Tony Cane (Independent)
Woke Trump Carrzee (Independent)
William Stuart James Clouston (Social Democratic Party)
Rees Cowne (Independent)
Glenn Charles Cummings (Independent)
Martin Davies (Freedom Alliance – Real People, Real Alternative!)
Andy Erlam (Independent)
Nigel Farage (Reform UK)
Attieh Fard (Independent)
Laurence Fox (The Reclaim Party)
Tony Francis (Independent)
Robin Green (Independent)
Abi Hookway (Independent)
Howling Laud Hope (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)
Stephen Richard Ingram (Independent)
Amy Morris (Independent)
Derrick Norbert Morris (Independent)
Michael Noel O’Keeffe (Independent)
Martyn O’Brien (Independent)
Nick Pelas (Independent)
Ketankumar Pipaliya (UK VOICE safer and stronger UK)
Daniel Pocock (Independent)
James Ransley (Consensus Party Candidate)
Gerry Smith (Independent)
Kai Stephens (British Democrats)
John Stevens (Rejoin EU)
Baron Von Thunderclap (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)
Pamela Walford (Independent)
Marcus White (Everyone is God Party)
Marc Wilkinson (Independent)
This crowded field reflects the unusual circumstances surrounding the by-election and is likely to produce one of the most fragmented results in recent British political history.
