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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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    Coventry City fans at the front of the Ewood Park stands, hold a Promoted 2025/26 banner while hugging Sky Blues player Josh Eccles who has a huge grin on his face with an arm aloft

  2. 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.

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

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

  5. A composite image. On the left is a man in a camel coloured jacket and white t-shirt. He has very short hair and is wearing dark sunglasses. On the right is a mural painting of the man. He is playing the guitar with a sunset behind him. He had a similar jacket and green hoodie underneath.

  6. This is a three-panel composite image made up of different scenes. Left panel: A still from a dramatic scene showing Leonardi DiCaprio and Kate Winslet standing closely together outdoors, with wind blowing and open sky behind them, a moment from the Titanic film Centre panel: A studio-style portrait of a Jeff Goldblum wearing dark-framed glasses, a black suit, and a textured shirt, set against a plain light background. Right panel: An outdoor scene in a garden or park, showing two women standing beside leafy plants, with a small sign on a post visible among the greenery.

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    Spiers, Doran and Gill (left to right). Each of the men are wearing a grey sweatshirt. Spiers has short, brown, curly hair and is clean shaven. Doran has short, dark, curly hair and slight stubble. Gill has short, dark hair and stubble.

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

  9. A close up image of a police officer wearing a high vis vest with a black t shirt

  10. A smiling Lee Worrall wears a Sky Blues hat and top with the club's crest on. He has a long beard.

  11. A woman with black hair stood in a street next to a red car

  12. A composite police image of Mohammed Khan and Mohammed Haydar. Both have short dark hair, beards and moustaches.

  13. Members of the 1973 England squad who beat Scotland 8-0. The eight players are standing in front of a blue plaque which has been unveiled in Nuneaton.

  14. A man with a brown beard in glasses stands in front of a cathedral in Barcelona.

  15. A woman in a grey top and black trousers with long brown hair smiling and holding her hands together

  16. A man with short brown hair, wearing a black top with yellow PMR branding on it, stands in a garage in front of two white branded racing cars.

  17. A black and white photo of a lady sat in an arm chair with a long dress on

  18. Three police officers in high visibility uniform.

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    Five police mugshots are lined up next to one another. Four of the men appear to be in their late teens to early 20s whilst one defendant, Hunt, is older in appearance. He has a bald head and a grey beard. Taylor-Bates appears with brown swept back hair and a neck brace.

  20. 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.

  21. A father and son with one arm around one another and the other doing a thumbs up sign to the camera

  22. A close-up of one of the coins in the palm of someone's hand. It is silver with writing on and has mud on it.

  23. A school road sign with 20mph speed limit

  24. Linda Franklin sits on a chair in a garden surrounded by trees. She has a blond bob and brown eyes and wears a grey cardigan, with a white top underneath.