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Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Why are the 2026 local elections so significant in the West Midlands?

Political editor Elizabeth Glinka explains the significance of the 14 elections across the region.
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  1. David is wearing a mid-blue blazer over a light blue shirt and light grey trousers. He is standing in a warehouse and in front of an autonomous baggage handling vehicle, made by his firm.

  2. A man wearing a blue sports top crossing his arms, stood on a staircase

  3. It is night time and there is a Warwickshire Police car on the left, which is neon yellow and blue. In front of it, parked on the road is a black BMW with the license plate blacked out.

  4. A man and a woman sat in a radio studio talking into microphones

  5. A woman with short red brown hair wearing a white t-shirt. She is standing on an indoor real tennis court which has colourful lines painted across the floor with numbers next to them. She is holding a small slim tennis-style racquet and a yellow tennis ball. There is a man standing in the background, also holding one of the racquets

  6. A large green field with a border of trees and bushes. two people walk over the grass. in the foreground is wooden fencing slightly higher than the field. on the other side of it is a concrete path and a road

  7. MP Zarah Sultana stood in the House of Commons wearing a red trouser suit and white top. She is holding A4 papers

  8. A newborn baby in a grey outfit with a toy elephant wearing a Coventry City kit

  9. Mugshot of Luke Jones, wearing. a grey jumper with a black top underneath. He has a black beard and is looking into the camera

  10. Malkit is smiling at the camera and has light-brown, shoulder length hair, Ben is a teenage student with fair hair with a fringe that is just below his eyebrows, Chris is a middle-aged man with a balding forehead and Beverley has blonde shoulder-length hair.

  11. A road with several cars driving along it and buildings on either side of it. There is a black and white average speed check sign to the left.

  12. A man wearing a dark red rain coat is standing outdoors with a green field behind him. He has grey hair and a stubbly beard. He is smiling for the photograph.

  13. Two medals are held up by a man wearing a blue coat. One medal is sqaure and reads "Coventry Half Marathon" while the second is round and reads "Coventry 10k".

  14. A newborn baby wearing a blue onesie with white stars lies on a blue and white stripy pillow, holding an elephant toy reading "Coventry City"

  15. A crowd of people can be seen from above standing inside a building. There is a door to the left and columns through the middle. A large black sign is in front of the doors.

  16. Two people standing smiling. A woman with long brown curly hair wearing a bright pink top which says Molly Ollys on it. The man has short brown hair and is also smiling. He has his arm around his daughter. He is wearing a navy jacket with avanti west coast on it. 

  17. A smiling Adam Lucas has short hair and grey beard and has sunglasses balanced on his head.

  18. The outside of a pub which has chairs outside and a brown wooden door at the entrance. There is a sign with a man's head on it and planters of flowers, one which says Wetherspoon" on it.

  19. A smiling Kerry McGinty holds a sign reading "Run like super Frank Lampard runs CCFC"

  20. Coventry City fan holding up a sign reading We're Back

  21. A swan, with its white feathers and light orange beak, sits on the water on a waterway.

  22. A woman with blonde hair tied back stands in front of a glass door. She is wearing a black blouse with a grey knitted waistcoat. There are shrubs, car parking spaces and a corrugated metal building behind her.

  23. A group of men and one women stand outside in coats in front of a large blue sign saying Peugeot Ryton Plant.

  24. close up of a horse's hooves as it walks on a road