Nigel Farage has been elected as the MP for Clacton as the Reform UK leader ends his election hoodoo at his eighth attempt. The Brexit stalwart received 46.2 per cent of the vote, with ex-Tory MP Giles Watling in second on 27.9 per cent. Labour’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul received just 16.2 per cent, with no other party managing to retain its deposit. Farage, who fell just 2,812 votes short of winning in Thanet South in 2015, pulled in marginally more support than ex-Ukip MP Douglas Carswell. The 60-year-old initially opted not to stand in the 2024 General Election after claiming a six-week campaign …