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Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

How Thursday could be Sandwell's biggest election in decades

Labour has run Sandwell Council since 1979 but there are signs the party's grip is under threat.
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  1. A man with ginger hair looking solemn, wearing a red and yellow 'Vote Labour' rosette.

  2. Jubilant Reform candidates applaud as they win seats at Sandwell Council

  3. A grey haired man in an election counting venue. he's wearing a black jacket with black and white patterned shirt

  4. Prince William, wearing a blue coat, is cheering with his fist in the air at chest height

  5. Fans in blue scarfs and shirts outside a football stadium entrance.

  6. A number of men in orange reflective clothing and white helmets standing on railway lines with a large carriage in front of them

  7. A black and white still of Charlie Chaplin from The Gold Rush. He is wearing a dark suit and time with a white shirt. He is lifting a shoelace with a fork, with a knife in his right hand

  8. Claudia Winkleman wears a black coat as she smiles at the camera. Behind her is part of a castle and three people in black hoods and golden masks.

  9. An aerial view of a large expanse of woodland between urban areas on a map.

  10. A polling both on a residential street, with a large white sign next to the door. A woman in a brown headscarf is leaving the building.

  11. Two large freight wagons with their wheels off the tracks and overhead power lines above

  12. Aston Villa fans cheering in a stadium. They are wearing claret, blue and sky blue hates, jumpers and scarfs colours of the club

  13. Boxes of counterfeit cigarettes sit on shelves. A West Midlands Police logo is in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.

  14. A man in a T'shirt and brown trousers walks with his dog to the entrance of a polling station. The entrance has a polling station sign and other stickers in its glass windows.

  15. A selection of weapons which have been removed from loan sharks when the Illegal Lending Money Team have carried out raids on suspects' homes. The weapons on the table include a bronze knuckle duster, a meat cleaver, two flick knives, a hunting knife, a garden saw, a crow bar, a samurai sword and multiple bank cards which belong to victims.

  16. Rachel Hilmo wearing a dark blue clinical outfit holds a white cardboard box while standing with a patient, who is an older man wearing a green cardigan and a checked red and blue shirt. He is holding the wearable patch which is oval in shape and transparent on the edges and white in the centre.

  17. Sir David Attenborough, dressed in khaki anorak and grey trousers, leans against a giant redwood tree. He is looking thoughtfully to the left. His hair is white.

  18. A wagon has come off a track and sits on another neighbouring line. Two wagons can be seen in the image, both what looks like a dirty brown or metal colour with graffiti on. Some rail workers stand nearby.

  19. Peter Kay performing on stage in a blue suit and stripy shirt

  20. A man dressed as Spider-Man holds a medal in front of a statue.

  21. A woman in a black top sits in a restaurant on a brown leather bench. She has blond hair partially tied back and is smiling widely.

  22. A redbrick two-storey building with a triangular roof. The building has windows all along the top floor, which have maroon window frames. The building says "Sandwell" in large white letters on the front.

  23. Tierney is stood outside by some trees and is smiling at the camera. He has a grey jacket on over a grey shirt. He has short brown hair.

  24. A close-up of the face of a young woman. She has dark curly hair, and is smiling at the camera