00:00Harvey, Jonathan, David, commonly known as Count Binface, the Count Binface party, 9,455.
00:15Faraj Nigel, Reform UK, 22,239.
00:22Fox Lawrence, the Reclaim party, 347.
00:30The electorate is 79,785, and the ballot papers issued, as referred to above, is 35,401, meaning that the
00:40turnout was 44.37%.
00:42And I therefore do hereby declare that Nigel Farage is duly elected as the Member of Parliament for the Clapton
00:49constituency at this election.
00:51Thank you all very much indeed.
01:04Rishi Sunak, Paulus Johnson, Andy Burnham, they all came to the Count.
01:09I asked Essex Police, was there any credible threat of disruption here?
01:13And I can tell you they said anachievously no.
01:16It was safe to go ahead.
01:18So, again, I leave you guys to draw your own conclusions.
01:22I am gratified that after this election, I have been able to sort of put the seal on it by
01:29coming to get the verdict of the good people of Clapton.
01:32I think that's the nice way to do it.
01:33I promised to be a local champion for Clapton, and I thought to hear the verdict of the Claptonites was
01:41the least I could do.
01:43And why? Because I've had over 9,000 votes, guys.
01:47Now, in Maker Field, eight weeks ago, I got 95 votes.
01:52So, against Nigel Farage, compared to Andy Burnham, I am 1,000 times more popular.
01:59Does that have anything to do with why he isn't here tonight, on a night when they said they thought
02:05they'd get over 80%?
02:06Again, I'll leave that to you.
02:08All I will say to you is what happens next.
02:12Let's all meet for part two of the Clapton by-election, coming soon to a leisure centre near you.
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