Reform UK Wins 4 Seats as Farage Becomes an MP

Reform UK has seen a surge in votes in the general election, at the cost of the Conservatives, and Nigel Farage is one of four new MPs.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage gives a victory speech at Clacton Leisure Centre in Clacton, Essex, during the count for the 2024 General Election on July 5, 2024. Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Reform UK has won four seats in Parliament on a night which the party’s leader Nigel Farage described as the “beginning of the end” for the Conservatives.

Mr. Farage was elected in the Essex seat of Clacton, where he ousted the sitting Conservative MP Giles Watling.