England local elections 2025

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  1. Woman with cropped brown hair, wearing a grey top, and sitting on a brown arm chair in front of a cream-coloured wall.

  2. Close up of the sign for Northumberland County Council. The lettering is white on a dark blue background underneath the red and yellow flag.

  3. Lincoln's Steep Hill showing the cobbled street and pavement and shops. Several people are walking up and down the Hill.

  4. Nik Johnson wearing a navy suit with a light blue shirt and a purple tie with a spotty pattern. He also wears a round badge with a bike on it. His short hair is slightly windswept on the right hand side. He stands in front of some bushes which are blurred.

  5. A person is walking from left to right outside a polling station, which appears to be a church building. A sign reading polling station is tied to green metal railings outside the church.

  6. Polling station sign with an arrow pointing to tell voters how to enter. In the background a union flag flies.

  7. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking to media at the Denby Lodge in Ripley, Derbyshire

  8. A woman with short grey hair in a pink jacket is walking arm in arm with a man with short grey hair, their backs are to the camera. They are walking past a black metal fence that has a large white sign. It reads "polling station" in black letters. There are bushes in the background

  9. File photo dated 06/05/10 of a voter placing a ballot paper in the ballot box at the polling station at Market Hall in Swadlincote, Derbyshire.

  10. A black and white cut-out of Matt Chorley against a purple background with a graphic showing a map of England laid over a multi-coloured prism

  11. Some of Bristol distinctive multi-coloured Victorian-era houses arranged in terraced streets in Totterdown are viewed from the air.

  12. A head and shoulders image of Conservative Weca candidate, Steve Smith. He is wearing a dark grey jacket and pale shirt which is open at the neck

  13. Ian Scott wearing a smart shirt sat on a bench. He has short cropped grey hair

  14. Mary Page wearing a purple top and black cardigan. In the background is a train coming into the station platform where she is standing.

  15. Oli Henman smiles at the camera - he has a beard and wears a yellow anorak and a beige sweatshirt.

  16. Helen Goodwin smiling at the camera wearing thick-rimmed, black glasses and an orange and pink scarf. She is standing in front of a blurred backdrop.

  17. Arron Banks is seen from his shoulders up. He is wearing a black suit jacket and a light blue shirt with a red tie.

  18. An image of Tynemouth Longsands beach on a sunny day. There are lots of people on the sand and in the sea.

  19. Six of the mayoral candidates sit on chairs in the BBC Politics West Studio. They are all sitting in front of a table. The presenter David Garmston is sitting in a chair to the side of the studio.

  20. A black box with the words 'Ballot Box' written on the front in white. A hand is above placing a white piece of paper in a hole on the top.

  21. Six of the mayoral candidates sit on chairs in the BBC Politics West Studio. They are all sitting in front of a table. The presenter David Garmston is sitting in a chair to the side of the studio.

  22. A man in a blue top with a long beard and wispy hair sat in a kitchen-diner.

  23. A picture of Buckinghamshire Council's gateway building in Aylesbury. It is a large yellow brick building, which is five stories high. It has a hedge in front of it, and the sky is blue behind it.

  24. A view of Stonehenge during sunrise. The stones are cast in an orange light.