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- Reform UK are the new favourites to win Clacton seat after Nigel Farage announces he will stand there
- Farage set his plans to stand in Constituency while becoming Reform UK's leader on Monday
- Labour still favourites to win the General Election next month
Reform UK are the new favourites to win Clacton seat after Nigel Farage announces he will stand there
British politician Nigel Farage announced on Monday afternoon that he will be running for Reform UK in the Clacton constituency at next month's General Election.
Bookmakers have instantly slashed the odds for Farage and Reform UK to win the seat in Clacton with the odds of it happening moving from 5/1 earlier this morning to 8/13 now.
Bet365's latest betting market has Farage as the clear favourite in the market to win the seat with the Conservatives drifting right out to 13/8 in the betting odds to win the seat now.
Those odds suggest a 61.9% chance of the new Reform UK leader winning the Clacton seat with a big chance of doing so according to that latest market.
| UK General Election - Clacton Constituency | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 8/13 | 61.9% |
| Conservatives | 13/8 | 38.1% |
| Labour | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 100/1 | 1.0% |
| Green | 300/1 | 0.3% |
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Farage set his plans to stand in Constituency while becoming Reform UK's leader on Monday
Former Reform UK leader Richard Tice announced on Monday's press conference that Nigel Farage has accepted his invite to replace him as leader of the Reform UK Party.
Farage spoke on Monday in London saying that the current General Election campaign is the "dullest" that he has ever seen.
It's now expected that Reform UK will have a stronger showing at the polls next month with the upcoming opinion polls an interesting look.
🗳️ Clacton Elections Betting Guide
Labour still favourites to win the General Election next month
Labour remain the heavy favourites to win the General Election at 1/33 with Sir Keir Starmer's party expected to storm the polls next month.
Today's announcement from Nigel Farage has seen Reform UK's odds shorten slightly from 33/1 to 28/1 to win the upcoming election.
Farage has boldly said that he thinks his party will win more seats than the Conservatives next month and it'll be interesting to see if that happens.
| UK General Election Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 1/33 | 97.1% |
| Conservative | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Reform UK | 28/1 | 3.4% |
| Liberal Democrat | 200/1 | 0.5% |
| Greens | 500/1 | 0.2% |
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