England local elections 2025

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  1. Liberal Democrat leader on Wiltshire Council Ian Thorn smiles at the camera in a blue suit jacket and woolly scarf.

  2. Head and shoulders shot of Martin Hill

  3. A man with grey hair in a grey jacket with a blue shirt and dark blue tie standing in front of County Hall in Truro

  4. Dame Andrea Jenkyns with blond hair and wearing a yellow dress in front of a banner for the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority

  5. Luke Campbell with short, dark hair wearing a blue top signing the acceptance of office declaration in an glass sided office with a view of the Humber Bridge in the background

  6. A man in a blue top with a long beard and wispy hair sat in a kitchen.

  7. A woman with short grey hair and glasses wearing a blue patterned blouse and dark blue jacket stood next to a man with short dark hair and blue suit in front of a large brick building

  8. Mark Arnull, who is wearing a black suit and a light blue tie looking directly at the camera. He is also wearing black framed glasses.

  9. A picture of a man called Martin Tett who is the leader of Buckinghamshire Council. He is wearing a light blue shirt with a yellow tie and black dots and is sat at a desk with a computer monitor on his left.

  10. Julian Brazil wearing a white shirt and a burgundy zipped jumper and navy blue blazer.

  11. Sir Keir Starmer

  12. Senior couple using laptop at home

  13. Mike Amesbury, in a grey suit and white shirt, sit on red couch of the BBC Breakfast programme's set

  14. A polling station in Shropshire. There is a metal gate with a paper sign that says POLLING STATION. Someone can be seen walking past with a ballot paper in the background

  15. A large yellow flag with a red rose with green leaves and and yellow centre painted on it - it flies in front of a sunset

  16. A group of about 20 people, men and women, celebrating winning an election. They are of all different ages and all are wearing yellow rosettes and cheering with their arms up in a sports hall.

  17. Jenkyns wears a colourful navy top with bright multicoloured daisies on it. She is in the Politics North studio and is smiling. The background is blue.

  18. Amanda Hopgood sits on the red Politics North sofa with the teal set behind her. She's wearing a silky navy blue top and has her blonde hair tied back.

  19. A man with short grey hair stands on a pavement with parked cars on the road. He is wearing an open-collared shirt under a brown jacket.

  20. A bird's eye view of the Kent County Council election count in May 2025. Bags of ballots can be seen on tables around the hall, where a group of people are sat in a row counting the votes.

  21. BBC handout photo of Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch appearing on the BBC 1 current affairs programme, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

  22. Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf talks to Laura Kuenssberg on set of her show

  23. A treated image of a black ballot box with a voting slip marked with a black X being inserted into it with a image of Laura K edited on the side

  24. Former Conservative council leader Jason Smithers standing outside in a suit and chequered tie.