England local elections 2025

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  1. Candidates portraits

  2. A woman is standing in front of a window. There is a wooden children's climbing frame behind her. She is wearing a grey T-shirt and black rectangular glasses. She is smiling into the camera.

  3. Dame Andrea Jenkyns. She is wearing a green dress with her arms outstretched, and is standing at a lectern with microphones attached to it.

  4. Two girls are pictured smiling at the camera. The girl on the left is in a grey quarter zip and red coat. She also has blonde hair and a green lanyard. The girl on the right is wearing a black coat, she has a green lanyard and ginger hair.

  5. A picture of a group of five houses with triangle roofs. The houses have a body of water in front of them and there is a car park between the water and the houses too.

  6. A man with short grey and brown hair. He is wearing glasses and a black top with white collar

  7. Five people, as per the below descriptions, stand next to each other in a line. Fourth from the left is a man with short grey hair and a grey beard wearing a pale-coloured shirt under a blue blazer.

  8. Nigel Farage dressed in a blue suit and red tie speaks into a microphone at a Reform UK press conference

  9. Three of the Mayoral candidates are sitting at a table in a hall, there are purple posters in the background which say BBC Radio Sheffield. There is a man with short grey hair and a beard in a jumper. Next to him is a man with short black hair and glasses in a suit, white shirt and tie. On the end is a woman with short grey hair and glasses in a blue suit.

  10. One woman and five men stand in a row in front of wicker chairs in front of a bookshelf

  11. Three men and two women sit in a row along a desk in a radio studio. They all have colourful microphones in front of them. The presenter is standing behind them and BBC Radio Gloucestershire branding can be seen in the background. A few pieces of radio recording equipment, including mixers and speakers, can be seen at the bottom of the image.

  12. A woman in a pink top is flanked by two men in dark clothing in a composite image

  13. Oxted High Street. In the background, there are shops on either side of the road and cars are parked. A person walks up the street. To the right of the picture, in the foreground, is a building in a Tudor style of architecture, with green plants and flowers in front of it.

  14. A photo of a large white banner with black text, reading "polling station" above two arrows pointing right, pinned to a brick wall and large bush.

  15. A picture of a sign that says "Welcome to Hemel Hempstead Town Centre" on it, with a map of the town centre underneath it. There is a row of shops behind the sign, including Metro Bank.

  16. A head-and-shoulders photograph of Dame Andrea Jenkyns. She is standing in a garden and wearing a blue shirt and a blue jacket. She is smiling at the camera.

  17. Woman in a brown cardigan stands next to a sign promoting BBC Radio Sheffield

  18. Three men and two women sit side by side in a radio studio with a BBC journalist standing behind them. They all have mikes on the desks in front of them and are in front of purple BBC Radio Gloucestershire branding.

  19. Dan O'Brien (right) with the candidates, in a room with blue backing and BBC Radio Wiltshire branding.

  20. A side entrance to County Hall is blocked by metal fencing and a red sign reading 'Danger Keep Out'. Behind it are slightly overgrown flowerbeds and bushes in front of red-brick walls.

  21. The entrance to Warwickshire County Council's headquarters is photographed from outside. The entrance is out of focus in the background as two people enter, in the lower right foreground a sign displaying the Warwickshire County Council logo with bear and staff is clearly visible.

  22. Purple and white flowers on the stray in Harrogate.

  23. Three hands are shown at the bottom of the graphic holding megaphones. The words "Your Voice, Your Vote" are written above in a bold text. Underneath both is a geometric design showing a large spectrum of different colours in a triangle design.

  24. Kemi Badenoch dressed in a barbour coat standing in a field