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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. Blue gates stand at a long concrete driveway entrance to the school with a building far off in the distance and grass playing fields off to the left. A sign saying CHCS is on a wall to the right of the entrance with ivy and greenery growing above and around it.

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

  4. A line of Range Rovers, in various colours, in a dealership car park. On the bonnets of the nearest two, badges Range Rover and Land Rover can be seen. It is a sunny day.

  5. Two large gates mark out a space between two homes in the street. A red car is park outside one gate. No buildings can be seen behind the gates.

  6. Two builders stand on scaffolding as the sun sets behind them on a construction site.

  7. A police car is parked outside properties in Willis Pearson Avenue. A grass verge can be seen on the right with apartments/small blocks of flats visible off to the right and left of the image. A large stands outside one block.

  8. A white man wearing a suit. It is a professional photograph. He is against a plain grey background. He is smiling at the camera. His hair is receding slightly. He is clean shaven.

  9. A white letter is put into a red letterbox in a close-up image.

  10. Elizabeth Glinka - a woman with dark brown hair standing outside next to a red car and green grass

  11. A man wearing navy blue medical scrubs. He is standing next to diagnostic equipment and is smiling for the photograph.

  12. Members of the centre are standing inside the building smiling at the camera with their thumbs up. A woman is wearing a green and black outfit and glasses with bobbed grey hair. A man in the middle has a white shirt and jeans on and a man on thew right is wearing a blue suit and navy patterned shirt.

  13. Jack is stood in front of a poster for the charity. He has a black jacket and jumper on. He has a beard and greying hair.

  14. A large green sign has had a white poster with 'polling station' put on it in black write, it states opening times are 07:00 to 10pm and there are arrows pointing the way. Behind the sign is grass and trees.

  15. A wooden church painted blue and green and with pointed windows has a blue sign outside, a woman with shoulder length brown hair is attaching a white poster that says 'polling station' in black writing on it. It is a stock image from a previous election in Birmingham

  16. Three road signs warning of a closure and diversion block Barnhurst Road. The road is joined to a larger road. Trees line either side of Barnhurst Road which has no road markings on.

  17. A building with several pointed gables is boarded up with overgrown grass in front of it next to a pavement and road. The sun is shining.

  18. Images shows a man with olive skin, short grey hair and black rimmed glasses, he is wearing a smart black suit and a grey sparkly shirt and tie. He is standing in front of a blurred green and white background and is turned slightly to his left but his eyes looking right, almost directly to the camera

  19. A man and a woman stand in a workshop looking at a equipment while wearing goggles. They both have purple T-shirts on and equipment can be seen behind them.

  20. A police officer stands with his back to the camera with his fluorescent jacket showing the "police" label.

  21. The image shows a historic canal-side industrial scene, likely part of an open‑air heritage site. The setting appears to recreate or preserve a 19th‑ or early 20th‑century working environment, with brick buildings and traditional transport.

  22. Stock image of a sign reading "road closed". It is red with white capital letters. Orange and white traffic cones are placed either side.

  23. A stock image of a woman filling up her car with petrol. She has shoulder length hair and is wearing yellow shirt, white t-shirt and black trousers. The car is blue.

  24. A green and yellow double decker bus is parked at a bus stop on the new high street. Old shops form the time can been seen behind it. One is called Marsh and Baxter.

  25. A woman with fair hair, wearing an orange "visitor" lanyard over a black top, stands in an ornate hallway in Parliament with statues along the walls.

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