Hereford & Worcester

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Reform surge stuns Labour in Redditch

Redditch Borough Council is now in no overall control.
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  1. A packed council chamber at Worcestershire County Council - showing several rows of councillors sat on seats, all looking ahead.

  2. Baroness Gisela Stuart appears in a portrait photograph taken for her parliamentary office. She has short grey hair and thin framed glasses. She is smiling while wearing a pearl necklace and a black jacket.

  3. A group of people running along a hedge-lined road

  4. A woman in a purple top by a field gate with a military helicopter in the distance

  5. A woman with dark brown shoulder-length hair sits in a living room on a sofa with green-yellow cushions on it. She is wearing blue jeans and a dark blue sweater with horizontal yellow striped across the body and arms. She is smiling at the camera.

  6. A car wheel with a flat tyre in a pothole. The car is blue

  7. A young woman with shoulder-length brown hair. She has a nose piercing and a lip piercing. She is wearing a thick gold chain over a black and white jacket.

  8. Zoë Castle and her mum Di sitting together in front of a cabinet filled with glass bowls and cups. Zoë has her hair tied back and is wearing glasses. She is holding up a book which is black with an orange heart in the centre. Di has short blonde hair and a floral patterned top.

  9. A red and yellow helicopter on a landing pad marked with yellow and white. There is grass and trees behind.

  10. The Over Bridge in Gloucestershire. There is a barrier near to the camera and a dual carriageway on either side of the central reservation. Lamp posts and vehicles can be seen along the route.

  11. The side of a white police car with yellow and blue squares on the side

  12. Two sides of a building are visible and both at an angle to the camera. Dozens of cars are parked on the left and other buildings are in the background in the middle and on the right of the photo.

  13. Councillor Alan Amos is smiling at the camera, wearing a grey suit over a maroon jumper. He has short, neatly brushed white hair.

  14. A green football pitch with two stands in the background - one facing the pitch on the right on the photo and the other on the left is at an angle to the camera. Although the pitch is mainly green, there is a strip that is soil going from the bottom of the image in the middle up to nearly the top of the photo.

  15. Two men with brown hair and either side of a woman with brown hair who is wearing a red top. The man on the left is in a light green T-shirt and the man on the right is wearing a darker green top.

  16. A yellow and blue police vehicle is parked across the road. In front of the police vehicle are orange and white traffic cones and plastic barriers. There is also a red and white sign that has the words road closed in white writing.

  17. Stock photo of family washing hands in the kitchen sink

  18. A close-up image of a partly white butterfly, with greenery in the background blurred.

  19. A generic photo showing three hands up in a room. The children, whose faces are not visible on the image, are wearing blue.

  20. A woman with a short light brown bob and wearing a purple hoodie stands resting her arm on a metal gate. Behind her is a large field with a helicopter standing in it.

  21. A woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera outside an officer building. She is wearing a dark grey jacket with a union jack lapel badge, and a red lanyard over her white blouse. The blurred background includes green foliage from a bed of shrubs.

  22. A man with a beard stands outdoors wearing a jacket, with blossom trees in the background.

  23. A hand is holding a red and orange book, which is partially out of a shelf and at an angle to other books on the shelf.

  24. Labour Councillor Sharon Harvey, the leader, is stood at the election count wearing a red Labour rosette. Vote counting staff are standing at a number of tables in a sports hall that has a blue floor and green walls.