Hereford & Worcester

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Reform surge stuns Labour in Redditch

Redditch Borough Council is now in no overall control.
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  1. A yellow and blue police vehicle is parked across the road. In front of the police vehicle are orange and white traffic cones and plastic barriers. There is also a red and white sign that has the words road closed in white writing.

  2. Stock photo of family washing hands in the kitchen sink

  3. A close-up image of a partly white butterfly, with greenery in the background blurred.

  4. A generic photo showing three hands up in a room. The children, whose faces are not visible on the image, are wearing blue.

  5. A woman with a short light brown bob and wearing a purple hoodie stands resting her arm on a metal gate. Behind her is a large field with a helicopter standing in it.

  6. A woman with long dark hair smiles at the camera outside an officer building. She is wearing a dark grey jacket with a union jack lapel badge, and a red lanyard over her white blouse. The blurred background includes green foliage from a bed of shrubs.

  7. A man with a beard stands outdoors wearing a jacket, with blossom trees in the background.

  8. A hand is holding a red and orange book, which is partially out of a shelf and at an angle to other books on the shelf.

  9. Labour Councillor Sharon Harvey, the leader, is stood at the election count wearing a red Labour rosette. Vote counting staff are standing at a number of tables in a sports hall that has a blue floor and green walls.

  10. Three women standing in front of brown land in a field. On the left the woman has dark blonde hair and a black and white top. In the middle, the woman has curly red hair and a green and black patterned top with a white gilet. On the right the woman has dark blonde hair with a white jumper and pink scarf on

  11. A man with a shaved head and blond beard is pictured wearing a brown fleece while standing in front of an outside swimming pool.

  12. Jordan Adams wearing a blue t-shirt and black running shorts runs with a white fridge on his back surrounded by other runners. Mo Farah, wearing a white t-shirt and sunglasses, runs beside him.

  13. A woman wearing a black and white patterned top and a light blue suit jacket is sitting on a red sofa. She is looking to the left of the shot.

  14. A man with a white beard and glasses sits at a table, wearing a pink polo shirt, with his arms resting in front of him.

  15. A multi-coloured hot air balloon is seen in a blue sky over some tree tops

  16. A police officer is standing in front of a Chinook helicopter which is stationery in the middle of a field.

  17. A large brick building with long rows of windows. The wide concrete yard in front is empty. The image has been taken on a sunny day with a blue sky overhead.

  18. Three train guards or workers stand outside the train on a platform with red livery displaying 200 years of train travel since 1825

  19. The image is a three-panel collage. On the left, a child holds up a BMX racing number plate marked “01”. In the centre, two beavers are pictured close together in water. On the right, a person wearing glasses, a red head covering and an apron is eating food with a fork.

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    A green train at a platform, with colourful houses slightly out of focus in the background.

  21. A woman with brown/blonde hair is on the right of the photo wearing a dark jacket. She is standing in a sports hall.

  22. A high viz yellow and blue 4x4 police car is parked across the road. In front of the police vehicle are orange traffic cones plastic orange barriers. There is also a red square shaped sign that reads "road closed" in white writing.

  23. This is an image of The Commandery, a museum in Worcester. It is an old, white building with black beams on the front of the building. There is an alleyway net to the building which has a sign that reads "The Commandery" above it.

  24. A woman wearing a Reform badge smiling.