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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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  4. A man with black hair and goatee is wearing a cream-coloured acket over a white tshirt and sitting behind a brightly lit game show desk on a colourful studio set, raising both hands. The set features purple and pink lighting, geometric patterns and name panels on the desk, giving the scene a lively television game show atmosphere.

  5. Sean Egan is looking at the camera, in front of a green wall. He is bald and has a beard, and is wearing a light-beige jacket with a black T-shirt.

  6. A wide pedestrian square in Wolverhampton city centre, with historic buildings lining the edges, bunting strung overhead and people walking across open paving. Shops and seating areas surround the square under a cloudy sky.

  7. A mug shot of two men. They both have dark hair and dark facial hair

  8. Manny Singh Kang - a man with a long grey beard and yellow turban stands next to a lake in West Park, Wolverhampton

  9. Wolverhampton Wanderers merchandise for sale near the stadium ahead of the Premier League match at Molineux, Wolverhampton

  10. Sean Egan is looking at the camera, in front of a green wall. He is bald and has a beard, and is wearing a light-beige jacket with a black T-shirt.

  11. A row of three boarded up houses prefab houses on Gough Avenue in Wolverhampton

  12. Two actors in a set resembling 10 Downing Street - one is appearing as Keir Starmer, the other as David Lammy, both wearing suits. A union jack and painting of Big Ben are behind them

  13. A train pulling into Kings Heath Railway Station. It is black and orange and has at least three carriages. There are people standing on the platform, as well as a brown dog and a pushchair

  14. A pathologist in a blue gown puts on a pair of surgical blue gloves in preparation for an autopsy. Steel medical tools are laid out on a table in front of them and a flat surgical table to the side.

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  16. Lee Tyler - a man with a grey beanie, striped scarb and black coat looks directly at the camera

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  18. A woman with short auburn hair and black eyeliner on, wearing a red t-shirt. someone has their arm around her

  19. Sean Egan, pictured with a neutral expression on his face. He is bald but has a dark blonde beard, he wears a black t-shirt underneath a beige jacket.

  20. A green space with grass and wildflowers with purple petals. In the distance is a blue metro tram at a tram stop

  21. A group of smartly dressed men and women on a stage. A woman in a green dress, Karen Smallwood, stands at a podium giving a speech with her arms outstretched. In the background, a projector screen with the words 'best pantomime (over 950 seats) Sleeping Beauty

  22. General view of Highfields School in Wolverhampton, a red brick building with a green rectangular section at the front with windows. A handful of children with blurred out faces can be seen near the entrance

  23. Two people standing smiling. A woman with long brown curly hair wearing a bright pink top which says Molly Ollys on it. The man has short brown hair and is also smiling. He has his arm around his daughter. He is wearing a navy jacket with avanti west coast on it. 

  24. Image shows a residential road filled with hundreds of people, in the middle is a decorated lorry which the crowd is close to on either side. In the foreground of the image are a group of Sikh men dressed in traditional orange clothes and turbans.

  25. Wolverhampton railway station with yellow hoardings and Wolverhampton in white lettering above. A few people can be seen going into and out of the station.

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