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 green football pitch with two stands in the background - one facing the pitch on the right on the photo and the other on the left is at an angle to the camera. Although the pitch is mainly green, there is a strip that is soil going from the bottom of the image in the middle up to nearly the top of the photo.

  2. Two men with brown hair and either side of a woman with brown hair who is wearing a red top. The man on the left is in a light green T-shirt and the man on the right is wearing a darker green top.

  3. 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.

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

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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

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

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

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

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

  19. 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.

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

  21. 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.

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

  24. 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.