Focus On: Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage's Target Seat Of Clacton

CLACTON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Seagulls circle over the pier and seafront amusements on June 18, 2024 in Clacton, United Kingdom. As Nigel Farage returned to the helm of Reform UK ahead of the snap election, he's hung his own electoral hopes on Clacton, a coastal constituency in Essex that had previously boasted the only elected MP from the UK Independence Party (UKIP), the right-wing eurosceptic party twice led by Farage. Clacton includes the seaside resorts of Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze, as well as the coastal town of Jaywick, which has on several occasions been regarded as one of the most deprived places in England. The constituency has been held by Conservative Giles Watling since 2019 and has been considered historically right-wing, with many voters leaning right on fiscal and social issues. The area voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum by nearly 70%, one of the highest votes for Leave in the UK. (Footage by Jason N. Parkinson/Getty Images)