Nigel Farage returned as Clacton's MP after winning 22,239 votes, or 63.34%, in a by-election where the main parties did not stand; Count Binface was second on 26.93% and turnout was 44.4%. His victory reopened a parliamentary standards investigation, first opened on May 13 and paused when he resigned in July, into whether he failed to register a £5 million, about $6.7 million, personal payment from Christopher Harborne and other benefits reportedly funded by George Cottrell. Harborne holds a stake in stablecoin issuer Tether, while the Cottrell-linked support is reported to have included staff, security, transport and accommodation. Farage says he did nothing wrong, and his new term starts another one-month disclosure period covering registrable interests received in the previous 12 months, as Labour lawmakers press to make the UK's temporary ban on political crypto donations permanent.