UK elections 2026

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Elections are taking place across the country in May. Use our postcode lookup to find out if there are elections where you live and who you can vote for.
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  1. Catherine Rowett is leaning on a balcony on a glass-fronted building. She's wearing a green jumper over a multicoloured patterned shirt.

  2. A sunny view of the Newcastle Civic Centre with a row of daffodils filling the foreground. There is a round concrete building placed in front of a longer glass building. Trees can be seen on either side. Behind the round building is a square concrete tower topped with a large green and gold crown shaped design.

    3. A close-up shot of BBC's Kathryn Stanczyszyn wearing a blue jumper.

    • Alex Cole-Hamilton launches Lib Dem manifesto

      • A close-up shot of BBC journalist Rebecca Tierney

        • BBC journalist Lucy Woodham in a high street asking a question with images of the Senedd and Westminster

        • Alex Cole-Hamilton

        • A man looking into the camera. He has a light beard and is wearing a grey flat cap. Behind him is a light blue background with white shapes on it.

        • A generic image of a Polling Place Way In sign affixed to a railing in Scotland

        • A head and shoulders photograph of Rhun ap Iorwerth sitting, smiling, on the Question Time set with a purple background behind him and wearing a dark suit and tie and a white shirt.

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          An image of the BBC's New Broadcasting House, in central London, overlaid with purple election branding.

        • John Swinney, who is bald with glasses, holds a manifesto booklet in his right hand. He is wearing a business suit with a purple tie

        • John Swinney

        • Eluned Morgan addressing the audience

        • A radar disc pointed a dark night sky with an array of stars and clouds, tinged in purple, visible. The radar itself is in silhouette.

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          A row of terraced brick houses with chimneys and television aerials.

        • Jane Dodds standing at podium addressing an audience

        • Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer

        • A composite image of Ross Greer, who has glasses and short hair, and Gillian Mackay, who has long hair. Both are smiling, with a green and purple graphic behind them

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        • Scottish party leaders in a BBC studio for a Debate Night taping. John Swinney is speaking animatedly.

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        • Matt Chorley looks startled as he turns to the camera. He is sitting on the driving seat of a van and holding a red microphone