{"id":592483,"date":"2026-08-13T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592483\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:26:09","slug":"clacton-by-election-polls-close-as-farage-bids-to-become-mp-again-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592483\/","title":{"rendered":"Clacton by-election polls close as Farage bids to become MP again &#8211; bbc.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5ST3RSMFdQb25lRzFLT0ZFdW9BX0xidlJMY3RBX2pjUHhCRnVMWDZscVFpLTAyZDNSelU4TlM4RFotN2U0Rzg3YWtYT1BjM21fN2ctR0NlRlA4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clacton by-election polls close as Farage bids to become MP again<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOakFxc2JLWG5ZU3VVT2NIYVZENkQwOUdOQjVCclFHQWFyNWl5dUpQb0FMb3ppZTY4Z3A3NGQwdGw4SllSMFV3VXNSM2xXSVF3MnpvMEdrdUNXNXRRV0swYm41SmthejhyNlJON2xfREJ3NTliT29GbldDSE1pcklMbzVYNFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clacton votes in byelection where Nigel Farage faces slew of fringe candidates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8zaFVLMTJsaWJHYnljUTZLR3N4WUk2WEs3aFllN1hmMDN5bnA1UEVDOUZqQzQwVnRIRlV6Z2ROdko1eGZfTzdWNkNBTTJOU29udHIzYzZ3YUxJdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clacton voters go to the polls in Westminster by-election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxOUTJkMDQwdi05eGFhcWRDOTU1NXNfb0xhd192WjYyUmNaRFBHRTU5Q2lIbnJ5QmNhQmVVZnlXa0ItMUJ6UzVwMk95aFJYSjJaanl3N3hGa1VqYzJ6V1V5ZnlDUmR2SGNOYmlnaHQxY2JhbWpiTndHZkloLW1XZWdPQVlPTW0yb3M5MnJfYjdJYWs0MFNTamlhc0VJdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Farage and Reform UK damaged by Labour upheaval<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE5JZ09DZFBPcEV3c3ZxQ0g0TDVSSjA4azVueGYtaW8zUm11Y21NNUF1dnR0c1BoTHZvMHhLOVZRTEZsQS16eGVRcjQtWlZaNUFCUUE0XzUtNXkwU2VzSE1SUEY5SkpSekloWWhJa3VXdUxtM0FfZG15bA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | Can a Man With a Trash Can on His Head Save Britain?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nytimes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clacton by-election polls close as Farage bids to become MP again&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.comClacton votes in byelection where Nigel Farage faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-592483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}