Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election
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Coverage overview
2 publishers have filed 3 reports that PageNews has grouped as one story.
The earliest report detected came from BBC Politics at 14:43 UTC on 12 August 2026, and the most recent from Hacker News 2 days later.
MP for Clacton is named in 2 of 3 reports and Count Binface in 2 of 3.
The coverage is filed under Politics. Each publisher's own headline, summary and link is below.
Compiled by PageNews from the reports listed below. No publisher wrote this summary.
Coverage from 2 publishers
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BBC Politics
How the Clacton by-election count will take place
The count with the longest ballot paper in British history is due to start at 22:00 BST on Thursday.
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BBC Politics
Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election
The self-styled intergalactic space warrior finished second to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
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Hacker News
Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce97mm3vvemo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301260 Points: 454 # Comments: 369
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How the coverage developed
- first BBC Politics — first report detected How the Clacton by-election count will take place
- +2d BBC Politics Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election
- +2d Hacker News Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election
