Reform UK: Anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage to win UK seat
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is expected to become an MP, after seven previous failed attempts, exit polls indicate.
The exit poll by Ipsos UK for Sky News, the BBC and ITV News, said Reform UK have a likelihood of 99 per cent to gain the seat of Clacton in Essex.
The anti-immigration party is set to win 13 seats, according to the exit poll.
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It will be the first time Reform have managed to secure an MP at the ballot box.
Farage had earlier declined to say what number of MPs they would classify as a win, but 13 elected representatives is higher than predictions by most polls.
It has been said that Reform’s wide but thin support would not help their success in a first-past-the-post system and Farage has been vocal about the need for changes to the electoral system.
