UK elections 2026

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  1. Jane Dodds speaking at a Liberal Democrat event, in front of a blue and orange background. She is wearing a black jacket and top.

  2. Anas Sarwar

  3. A composite image of Ross Greer, who has glasses and short hair, and Gillian Mackay, who has long hair. Both are smiling, with a green and purple graphic behind them

  4. Scottish party leaders in a BBC studio for a Debate Night taping. John Swinney is speaking animatedly.

  5. Anas Sarwar

  6. Matt Chorley looks startled as he turns to the camera. He is sitting on the driving seat of a van and holding a red microphone

  7. A graphic showing a magnifying glass looking at a map of the United Kingdom. In the background is a multicoloured triangle.

  8. Separate posed pictures of Rhys ab Owen on the left and Russell George to the right smiling at the camera. Both are wearing ties, light shirts and dark suits.

  9. Rhun ap Iorwerth, a man in a dark suit, blue shirt and burgundy tie, speaks on stage.

  10. James Cleverly giving a TV interview. He is standing in front of black railings with green vegetation behind him. He is wearing a dark blue jacket, white shirt and deep red tie. A white handkerchief in peeking out from his breast pocket. He has a neatly trimmed black beard, rectangular-framed glasses and short salt-and-pepper hair. He appears to be part way through answering a question, which he is delivering to a reporter and camera crew, which are just off frame to the left. He is wearing a small microphone on one lapel.

    11. A small boy wearing a yellow raincoat holds his dad's hand as they walk into a polling station in a primary school.

    • A woman sticks up a large sign reading "polling station" on the door of a church hall.

    • A stylised image of a back dog next to a polling station sign, against a multi-coloured triangle on a purple background

    • A reporter looks at the camera while talking. She is wearing a brown t-shirt and has short brown hair. There is a circular image of a person placing a ballot paper into a ballot box inset in the picture.

    • Jane Dodds at the launch event surrounded by Lib Dem campaigners. Her hands are together and outstretched in front of her. She is wearing and wearing a shiny green jacket. There are orange Liberal Democrat banner behind her.

      • A black and white image of a man walking away. Next to him is a large sign reading "polling station". They are in front of a purple background with a stylised colourful triangle.

      • Promise Fulstow is a shop assistant at gift shop, U Melt Me, and is pictured behind the counter next to gifts and packaging and has blonde hair and wears a wool cardigan.

      • Promise Fulstow is a shop assistant at gift shop, U Melt Me, and is pictured behind the counter next to gifts and packaging and has blonde hair and wears a wool cardigan.

      • A man in a yellow high viz, white overalls, white shirt and blue hairnet is looking straight at the camera in the centre of the picture. Behind him are pallets piled up high and covered in plastic.

      • Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Russell Findlay speaks during the launch of the party manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood elections

      • Anthony Slaughter looking to the camera, wearing a dark suit and shirt without a tie

      • A woman and a young child walking down a tree-lined suburban street hand in hand. Attached to a lamppost is a sign that says 'polling station'.

      • A woman in her mid-20s with shoulder-length dark hair and sunglasses on top of her head is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white and black checked top. On her lap is her toddler son who is wearing a grey Hot Wheels Racing hoodie.

      • Martin Geissler sits at a microphone in a radio studio, with Scotcast logo in background, wearing grey shirt with grey stubble on face.