Coventry & Warwickshire

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

All you need to know about local elections in Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry faces its most consequential local election in more than two decades.
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  1. 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.

  3. 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.

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

  5. 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.

  6. A school road sign with 20mph speed limit

  7. 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.

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

  9. A crane manoeuvres rubbish in a recycling centre

  10. CGI image of industrial buildings and Greenland

  11. A tall glass building which has a sign that says NCP in black lettering against a yellow background. Behind the building is a cloudy, grey sky

  12. The exterior of the Coventry City Council headquarters is pictured. A sign in the foreground has a black background with gold writing which reads "The Council House". There are stone steps and the building has a sandstone structure with large ornate lead-lined windows. A singular Union Flag flies from one of several flagpoles protruding from the front of the building.

  13. Iced biscuits shaped like football players in light blue kits are arranged on a counter.

  14. The school building is seen with autumn leaves around it. There is a school sign under a tree and cars are parked outside.

  15. A red helicopter with yellow details standing on a helipad with trees in the distance

  16. A pedestrian bridge is being installed over a road, with construction workers and equipment below.

  17. A close-up image of Michael Ababio with dark hair. A white/grey background is behind him.

  18. Two men can be seen wading and cleaning water at the River Blythe in Solihull. Trees and bushes can be seen on the river banks

  19. A young man wearing a blue, white and red shirt, open to the chest, and a black baseball cap with "Chicago Bulls" on the front is sitting on a white sofa

  20. 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.

  21. Holly Hunter standing in front of a sign machine at Nuneaton Signs. She has long dark hair past her shoulders, is smiling and wearing a dark stop with "Nuneaon Signs" stencilled on it.

  22. 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.

  23. A yellow tray with a meal on it sits on a metal counter, with trays of vegetables and other food in the background.

  24. Two images of a man with brown hair who is looking into the camera. In the second image he is wearing sunglasses and has his arms crossed in his lap.