‘Mr Rock Star vs Mr Charisma Bypass’ - How Nigel beat Sir Keir in the general election

2,300 more people voted for Nigel Farage in Clacton Essex than for Sir Keir Starmer in London Holborn

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Farage also inspired 7,400 more people to turn out and vote in his constituency, compared with Starmer

With so many extraordinary results in the 2024 general election, one result in particular was overlooked… Except by Facts4EU, of course. In their respective constituencies of Clacton (Essex) and Holborn (London), Nigel Farage beat Sir Keir Starmer in the number of votes he won and in the number of voters he inspired to turn out and cast their ballot on the day.

On Wednesday as Nigel Farage triumphantly renewed his friendship with President Trump in the Oval Office, Sir Keir Starmer was fighting to keep his latest Cabinet crisis from descending into chaos. On the plane back to London, the Leader of Reform UK will doubtless have been working on his conference speeches set for today and tomorrow.

Meanwhile the PM was presumably weighing up all the possible consequences and outcomes of his Deputy being forced to quit. He will barely have had time to register the latest opinion poll which was published yesterday, showing Nigel Farage's party set to trounce Labour (and the Conservatives) at the next General Election with a commanding 13-point lead.

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Head-to-head - Nigel Farage in Clacton versus Sir Keir Starmer in Holborn & St Pancras

1. Votes won

Nigel Farage MP : 21,225 votes
Sir Keir Starmer MP : 18,884 votes
The Reform Leader won 2,341 (12.4%) more votes than the Labour Leader

[Source : House of Commons Library | Chief Returning Officers. ]

2. Voters inspired to turn out to vote

Nigel Farage MP : 45,958 people turned out to cast their vote in Clacton
Sir Keir Starmer MP : 38,602 people turned out to cast their vote in Holborn & St Pancras
The turnout was 19.1% higher in Mr Farage’s constituency than in the PM’s

[Source : House of Commons Library | Chief Returning Officers. ]

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Inspiring the voters?

The shoe-in for British Prime Minister only just persuaded more than 50% of eligible voters in his constituency even to turn out on election day. 38,602 went to the polling station – or voted by post – in Holborn.

By contrast the man who is the bookies' favourite to become Britain's next Prime Minister inspired 45,958 to vote in Clacton. Nigel Farage attracted 7,356 more voters in Clacton than Sir Keir did in Holborn and St Pancras, and this represents 19.1% more people exercising their democratic rights than in the PM’s constituency.

Nigel Farage addressing the Reform UK party conference 2024

Winning hearts and minds

Regardless of readers’ political allegiances, it must be said that for Mr Farage to come from nowhere to win more votes in Clacton than Mr Starmer managed to secure in his established Holborn constituency is an impressive achievement.

The PM started from a base of 36,641 votes in the 2019 general election. His voter numbers almost halved in 2024, to 18,884. Only part of this drop can be attributed to the effect of the constituency boundaries being redrawn in the 2023 Boundary Commission review.

Each Leader’s personal majority

Given their relative starting positions, naturally Sir Keir Starmer won a larger personal majority than Nigel Farage, by 11,572 to 8,405. That said, Mr Farage’s majority of 8,405 came from nothing whereas Mr Starmer had been the local Holborn MP for nearly 10 years at that point, since 2005.

To win at all, Nigel Farage had to overturn a ‘rock-solid’ Conservative majority of 24,702 achieved at the 2019 election. He not only overturned this but also secured an impressive majority on top.

Observations

As ever, we reiterate our non-partisan stance. Our political analyses and reflections on the UK scene are driven by our core principles of independence, sovereignty, democracy and freedoms - and a full Brexit.

As the Reform UK Conference 2025 starts and Nigel Farage will be focusing on the national picture, the Facts4EU team felt his personal victory in Clacton was worthy of mention given there was very little mainstream media attention paid to this last year. Whether this result turns out to be significant in the years to come will have to be seen.

From an objective viewpoint, what we can say for now is that from a pure leadership point of view - and putting all political elements to the side - it is a little like looking at Mr Rock Star versus Mr Charisma Bypass. If star quality were the deciding factor in election results, then the next would be a foregone conclusion.

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Reader Comments 10

1. Sparky , Friday, September 05, 2025, 06:44:

Clacton was an easy win for NF. A high majority Leave area. A deprived area of low education and salary level with high unemployment and an aging population. A few comments in Clacton local press asking where there MP is! (Sorry Clacton)

2. Ashley Great Britain , Friday, September 05, 2025, 07:00:

1 Sparky.
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Yes the people of Clacton are all just thick and uneducated.
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Nigel Farage is hands down the best political figure of our time. He has worked hard against the odds for many years to turn the UK around. His party and his time is about to arrive. When in power, the comparisons against cons/Labour will be so vast that people won't believe how the uniparty was in power for so long.

3. Have You Wondered , Friday, September 05, 2025, 07:21:

1, Sparky. " and an aging population." and which parties caused that? Obviously Clacton has a brain to see how it arrived at that state and to see its way out of their appalling predicament and pensioners, fearfull of Labour, seeing the writing on the wall.
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4. Northern Muppet , Friday, September 05, 2025, 08:28:

Nigel Farage is by far the most charismatic party leader for a long, long time. 2TK really has NO personality.
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People's disatisfaction with politicians is, I think, because in recent times the tory and liebour bunch have allowed themselves to be swept along by the civil service. They haven't led in any way, shape or form.
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Farage and Reform's main job is going to be wresting control of our institutions back from these careerists, and enabling a real and genuine democracy. In that we we may have accountability - we can get rid of those who are failing!!
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As it currently stands, the CS goof things up, and the politicians take the flack for it!
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Let's hope that Reform UK are well prepared for this!!

5. NH , Friday, September 05, 2025, 09:48:

1. Sp
It could have something to do with the fact that in Clacton over 93% of the population identify as being "White British" compared to only only 36% in Holborn and St Pancras. There is nothing racist with wanting to maintain a British way of life and a British culture. In Clacton over 96% of the population were born there compared with only 57% in Holborn and St Pancras.
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The figures you are quoting are highly misleading because in Holborn and St Pancreas, as in many parts of London, there are multi million pound homes next to "social housing" and these are very different populations. I don't have any figures but I would bet that for the people that voted for Kier Starmer their income levels are no higher than in Clacton. In Clacton 73% of the population own their own homes while only 27% in Holborn and St Pancras do.
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The figures I have seen for unemployment are almost identical and crime in Holborn is more than 2.6 times the national average compared to slightly above the national average in Clacton. This may be because the Met Police are busy arresting comedians for telling jokes.
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You will also find that Kier Starmer and his colleagues are getting quite a few critical comments in the media !

6. steph , Friday, September 05, 2025, 17:02:

if reform also agree to create a 'people society' where people decide the punishments that can be given to common crimes ( eg varying from a £1 fine to death penalty ) then he will storm in and stay in power, an example of this is what punishments should be used in schools?, let the people decide and let schools use it if they wish, that may help the next generation be citizens and not critics

7. Sparky , Friday, September 05, 2025, 17:21:

Comments above made me smile. It’s not Reform Party it’s the Nigel Party, without him it’s nothing apart from a few nutcases like Nadine Doris, apparently extolling loyalty hours after leaving the Cons Party.

8. Gazzablack , Friday, September 05, 2025, 17:33:

5, NH
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Kevin Bacon has been arrested for saying his name out loud at passport control 😂😂😂😂😂

9. Ashley Great Britain , Saturday, September 06, 2025, 07:25:

8 gazza
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Would never have happened with Kevin lamb.

10. Gazzablack , Saturday, September 06, 2025, 12:04:

7, sparkless
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Ah bless, you had a smile did you?
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Do you consider the former governor at Wormwood scrubs a "nutcase" then?
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