Has the by-election changed things for Clacton?

By-elections have a habit of thrusting a constituency into the limelight and for five or six weeks part of Essex has again found itself at the centre of a media storm.

Clacton has been on every politician's lips with the seaside town's railway station the destination for day trips by activists, cabinet ministers and big Westminster names.

There has always been a big issue behind every by-election - Europe, the behaviour of the previous MP, the performance of the government, or even murder.

Despite that, local issues are also highlighted and debated and there can often be a by-election bounce for the local community, as public money suddenly gets spent on things.

So will Nigel Farage's second victory change anything for the people of Clacton?

Here's a look back at previous by-elections in the east of England.

The Mid Bedfordshire by-election in 2023, won by Labour, drew attention to the lack of infrastructure on new housing developments and the Corby by-election of 2012 put the future of Kettering Hospital into the spotlight.

Was it any coincidence that after the Wellingborough by-election in 2024, which thrust the issue of "left-behind communities" into the spotlight, the town became one of the first places to receive Labour's "Pride in Place" funding?