Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election. Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party who some see as a possible next prime minister, abruptly quit his seat in July amid an investigation into whether he failed to report a $6.7 million gift from a crypto billionaire overseas. Farage said he would run for the open seat to prove he had voters’ support. He regained it Friday with 63% of the vote while Binface, who finished in second, won about 27%. Thursday's election, held on the hottest day of the year so far, had turnout of 44%. Binface, a serial candidate who has challenged prime ministers past and present, became the default challenger in a field of 34 candidates after the major parties boycotted the campaign as a political stunt by Farage. Farage did not attend the official declaration where he would have had to stand alongside the other ...