{"id":363903,"date":"2026-08-02T17:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/clacton-by-election-ballot-list-costing-four-times-more\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:04:33","slug":"clacton-by-election-ballot-list-costing-four-times-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=363903","title":{"rendered":"Clacton by-election ballot list costing four times more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The ballots are &#8220;going to be sometimes longer than the table so we&#8217;re having to do double tables and we&#8217;re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paul Whiteley, professor of government at the University of Essex, said the previous record for the number of candidates standing for a seat in the House of Commons was the Haltemprice and Howden by-election in East Yorkshire in July 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;David Davis resigned his seat and stood again as a protest over the issue of civil liberties,&#8221; explained Whiteley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There were 26 candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prior to that, the previous record was the Newbury by-election in Berkshire in 1993, which featured 19 candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Farage resigned as MP for Clacton on 7 July, following increased scrutiny over his finances and a parliamentary investigation, but the Reform leader is standing again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among the candidates on the ballot are 20 independents &#8211; also a record for a single  election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crlw69p6lyeo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">full list of the 34 candidates<\/a> is available on the BBC News website. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Restore Britain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjdg4y3g0z7o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">have all chosen not to stand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections. 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