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  1. Keir Starmer speaks to a room of party members. He is standing in front of a Labour banner.

  2. Connor Naismith - a man with short dark hair, glasses, a beard, grey jacket and white shirt - stands in a town square.

  3. Nigel Farage

  4. Teleri looks into the camera with the Senedd building in the background

  5. Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorweth embraces his wife after winning his seat

  6. Three Reform councillors with their arms in the air, looking happy. They are all wearing Reform rosettes.

  7. Sam Journet, a Reform councillor wearing a cream jacket, appears to shout and clench his fist in a sports hall, surrounded by other people clapping.

  8. The SNP's Karen Adam winning her election seat, with other candidates looking on.

  9. A man wearing a bright orange suit with an orange shirt and a baked bean print tie smiles at the camera. He has a shaven head with tattoos and appears to have baked beans tattooed on as eyebrows.

  10. John Swinney shakes a man's hand. They are standing in front of a smiling man wearing an SNP rosette

  11. Eluned Morgan after voting on Thursday in Pembrokeshire

  12. Two people smiling into the camera.

  13. Graphic showing a map of the UK in a multicoloured triangle

  14. Anthony Slaughter stood on a stage

  15. A stock image showing two black ballot boxes stacked on top of each other in a large gym. Behind it are rows of wooden chairs and tables for counters to use.

  16. Farage in a blue suit and striped purple tie flanked by Reform councillors.

  17. Close-up of Keir Starmer speaking to reporter

  18. Henry Zeffman stands on one side of the image outside 10 Downing Street. On the other side Labour party supporters look-on as counting gets underway at Barnsley Metrodome on May 08, 2026 in Barnsley, England.

  19. Chris Carter, Labour Candidate in the Casnewydd Islwyn Senedd constituency before the start of the count at the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome, Newport, where the Senedd vote count is due to start this morning, May 8, 2026 in Newport, Wales. Reform UK is emerging as a major contender for the 7 May 2026 Senedd election, with current polling suggesting it could become either the largest or second-largest party in Wales.

  20. A grey haired man in an election counting venue. he's wearing a black jacket with black and white patterned shirt

  21. Dan Thomas, leader of Reform UK Wales

  22. Nigel Farage addresses the media in Havering. He is stood in front of a group of Reform supporters and is wearing a blue jacket, a white shirt and a striped tie.

  23. Two win in black and white holding sheets of paper.

  24. A man wearing a light blue and white rosette is looking at a man with his back to the camera. Another man on the right is smiling.