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Westminster constituency · England
Clacton
House of Commons. 2024 boundaries.
| Current member | Nigel Farage MP |
|---|---|
| Party | Reform UK |
| Membership status | Current Member, from 8 July 2026 |
| ONS code | E14001174 |
| Constituency record start | 31 May 2024 |
Elections
The UK Parliament results page titles one count “Results for the UK general election on 4 July 2024”. The data.gov.uk summary of the July 2024 names-and-codes file says those constituencies are operative 4 July 2024, and that page prints Licence: Not set. The Electoral Commission schedule lists the UK Parliament at no later than 15 August 2029. Section 4 of the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 says that if it has not been dissolved earlier, a Parliament dissolves at the beginning of the day that is the fifth anniversary of the day on which it first met.
Gap. The day the current Parliament first met is not printed in section 4 or in that Electoral Commission table. Candidate lists are not published on this page.
The UK Parliament list of by-elections in the 59th Parliament includes “13 August 2026 - Clacton”. The Members API records the current membership status as starting on 8 July 2026. This page does not explain the difference, and it does not state a cause or reprint votes.
Parent: England · Westminster constituencies in England. Alphabetical neighbours: City of Durham · Clapham and Brixton Hill.
Sources
- UK Parliament Members API, constituency search (current constituencies and current representation) — read 2026-10-18
- data.gov.uk, Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Names and Codes in the UK (V2). The page prints Licence: Not set. — read 2026-10-18
- Office for National Statistics, Geography licences (lookup products under the Open Government Licence v3.0) — read 2026-10-18
- UK Parliament, Results for the UK general election on 4 July 2024, by party — read 2026-10-17
- Electoral Commission, The electoral system, scheduled elections April 2025 to March 2030 (corporate plan page, last updated 9 April 2025) — read 2026-10-17
- Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, section 4 — read 2026-10-17
- UK Parliament election results, by-elections in the 59th Parliament — read 2026-10-18