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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. A large group of people standing up doing a yoga pose. They are on mats or rugs and are wearing a different coloured tops and trousers or leggings, which are mainly black. The group are outside in a grassy area.

  2. Three male police officers stand in a street at night. One officer's black uniform is covered with a florescent vest. A second is wearing all black and has a dog on a lead next to him. The third officer has a florescent jacket and vest one with dark trousers.

  3. A group of small kittens cuddled together inside a green bag, looking up toward the camera.

  4. A police mugshot of a man wearing a t-shirt.

  5. A residential road with houses on either side, parked cars, and a road sign pointing toward a nearby school and community centre.

  6. Cars parked on a road with blue and white police tape across the road with ared and white road closed signed. Police officers and a police car is in front of the police tape and a woman with two children sitting on a wall with a blue and yellow Lidl sign in the car park behind her.

  7. A timber‑framed house with steep roofs on a street under a clear blue sky.

  8. A close-up photo of a butterfly resting on a leaf. The butterfly has blue wings - dark in the middle and lighter towards the edges, with white dots on a thick black rim.

  9. Samuel is standing outside by a hedge in a pink and grey sports top. He is smiling at the camera and has short brown hair a short beard.

  10. Libby and George stand in front of a white wall wearing their London Marathon T-shirts and holding son Ritchie between them.

  11. A small black and white coloured dog sits on green grass with a few daisies in the grass.

  12. A woman smiles at the camera in a runner's vest with a marathon number stuck to it. She holds up a silver medal around her neck.

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    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. Male and female runners running past Selfridges building in Birmingham city centre.

  15. A three‑panel image showing a firefighter standing in front of a fire engine, a person riding a quad bike in mid‑air near emergency vehicles, and a person wearing a large vegetable costume with asparagus visible.

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

  17. A graphical image of man wearing a flat cap and a waxed jacket walks past a gate with Polling Station sign on it

  18. The Bavington family including 8-year-old Harry stand by the summit cairn marker on the top of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) they are wearing bright pink and orange shirts with Breast Cancer Now written on them.

  19. A man wearing a turban and jacket and a woman wearing glasses and a dark top stand side by side in front of a brick wall.

  20. Men in orange turbans and scarves dressed in white robes lead a procession through the streets. The are carrying poles wrapped in orange fabric. The men have long beards.

  21. Luke Orchard sits in a car. He is a white man wearing a black beanie hat, with long hair and a long beard. He has a shocked expression. On the back seat of his car can be seen two plastic skeletons, which are yellow in colour.

  22. Haji Wright and Bobby Thomas of Coventry City celebrate becoming champions after the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry City and Portsmouth at The Coventry Building Society Arena

  23. A sky blue banner reading Keaton Forever 12 at the scene of a fatal road crash

  24. A young woman in a sky blue hat being hugged by a football manager in a black jacket