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Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

'We want to leave Walsall and an election won't change things'

Voters are sharing the issues that concern them as all 60 seats in Walsall are contested.
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  1. Kerys Harop is standing holding a football in front of a large sports‑themed mural outside the Walsall Sports Centre at the University of Wolverhampton. She has blonde hair and is wearing a denim jacket over a black top

  2. Libby and George stand in front of a white wall wearing their London Marathon T-shirts and holding son Ritchie between them.

  3. On the left a man wearing a grey winter coat, the woman has blonde hair and a grey coat. they are sitting on a bus with a microphone held in front of them. middle picture is of a red number 11 bus in birmingham. the final picture is of a lady, black hair and coat talking into a microphone.

  4. A woman in a white coat and black bobble hat talking at a tram stop

  5. A photographer with a wide-brimmed brown leather hat crouching down to take photographs of bluebells in a cemetery. Behind him is a brick wall

  6. Daphne Bishop stands beside her husband William outside a row of shops in Aldridge town centre. She wears a denim jacket over a pale grey top. He wears a dark blue jacket over a white striped polo shirt.

  7. A mugshot of a 95-year-old woman with white hair and glasses, who looks at the camera with a straight face. She wears pearl earrings and a blue puffer-coat over a jumper. She also has hearing aids.

  8. Sukhvinder Kaur is wearing a dark Sikh head covering or turban. He has a black jacket, with brown top and a striking necklace of white flowers.

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    Two medals are held up by a man wearing a blue coat. One medal is sqaure and reads "Coventry Half Marathon" while the second is round and reads "Coventry 10k".

  10. Male and female runners running past Selfridges building in Birmingham city centre.

  11. A three‑panel image showing a firefighter standing in front of a fire engine, a person riding a quad bike in mid‑air near emergency vehicles, and a person wearing a large vegetable costume with asparagus visible.

  12. A man with very short hair in a blue tracksuit top sitting in a chair

  13. General view of Oxford Crown Court

  14. Aaliyah has dark hair in a ponytail, brown eyes and is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a dusty pink t-shirt with a black jacket over the top, she is holding up a peace sign with her fingers.

  15. A woman with blonde hair holding a white rabbit with grey flecks in its fur. In the background isa cage with another dark grey rabbit inside

  16. A man with dark eyes and dark face looks towards the police camera

  17. A mugshot of John Ashby who has short light brown hair and facial hair. he has a grey blanket across his front

  18. A woman with short blonde hair, she is slightly smiling and wears a pink cardigan.

  19. A smiling Adam Lucas has short hair and grey beard and has sunglasses balanced on his head.

  20. Image shows a brightly coloured background, purple, green, pink and yellow blocks with a white sign on top that reads "polling station" in black writing. To the left of the sign is a black and white image of a person walking with an umbrella. Their face is covered by the umbrella.

  21. A man wearing a dark sweater stands in front of a black curtain.

  22. Men in orange turbans and scarves dressed in white robes lead a procession through the streets. The are carrying poles wrapped in orange fabric. The men have long beards.

  23. A woman in a police officer's uniform and hat grins with her arm in the air, while hugging a young blonde girl in red armbands who smiles at her.

  24. A man and woman stand together looking at the camera. He has short grey hair and a moustache, and wears a black padded coat with a red lining and a maroom jumper underneath. His wife has blonde shoulder length hair and sunglasses on her head. She has a brown padded coat on, a cream jumper underneath and a necklace. Behind them is a row of shops and a main road.