Nigel Farage Wins Runcorn By-Election, Faces £5 Million Probe

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Nigel Farage Wins Runcorn By-Election, Faces £5 Million Probe

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Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, won the Runcorn & Helsby by-election on May 2, 2025. He triggered this election by stepping down amid controversy over his finances, specifically a £5 million ($6.7 million) donation from a Thailand-based crypto investor related to a parliamentary investigation. The probe was suspended following his resignation on July 7, and Reform UK is under police investigation for

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