Coventry & Warwickshire

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Reform leader, 19, bids to head second council

Finch could lead a district authority in Warwickshire as well as running the county council.
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  1. Joel Fearon, who is dressed in sports gear is sat on a stone step, with a wall and trees behind him. He is smiling at the camera and holding up his book, which is called Just Be Brave.

  2. Orange, blue and green sweet packets lined up on a black carpet.

  3. A residential road with cars parked on it. There is a police cordon on the street

  4. A man with a blue cycle helmet and black top hugging a woman in a grey coat with long brown hair

  5. Three bare-chested men wearing swim shorts smiling at a camera held by a woman with blonde hair wearing a yellow bikini smiling

  6. Olly Murs in a blue cycle helmet and black jacket with a grimace on his face as he takes part in the challenge. A crowd of supporters are behind him.

  7. A grey double decker bus with its roof torn off is stationary in the road. Behind it the bridge is the railway bridge and debris left on the road.

  8. A bus roof under a bridge with debris strewn across the side of a road

  9. Mugshot of Alexander Jesus, wearing a blue t shirt. He is against a grey backdrop and has short brown hair. He is looking straight into the camera

  10. George Finch wears a Reform rosette and a navy tie with the Warwickshire bear and staff. He wars a dark suit jacket and a white shirt and has brown slicked back hair. He is pictures at the count for the local elections.

  11. A man with short hair and stubble. He is wearing a grey hoodie over a black tshirt and is smiling at the camera

  12. A man and a woman stood in front of a cafe on its opening day, smiling at the camera.

  13. A scene from the musical Bank of Dave. A man in a suit is seated on a chair with his back to the camera while characters wearing different costumes representing different characters sing in front of him.

  14. A group of men sitting around a long table. In front of them are dolls' heads attached to the tables, each with different colour hair. There is hairspray, brushes and clips on the table and the dads are playing with the hair.

  15. Construction equipment and a small vehicle on a trailer.

  16. Zarah Sultana has long black hair and a red jacket. She wears white earrings and looks at the camera.

  17. People enjoying looking at a display of vintage cars, including a Jaguar E-Type, in the Coventry cathedral ruins.

  18. An information stall with two women stood looking at the camera

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

  20. Bobby is on the left of the picture, dressed from head-to-toe in black. He is standing in front of the logo of his gym 'Fitness by Bobby est 2023' which is written in orange.

  21. Keiran is seated in front of two clinicians. Keiran is wearing a black hoodie over a black t-shirt. The male clinician standing behind Keiran is wearing a blue protective scanning apron, while a female member of staff is standing with her hand on Keiran's left shoulder. All three are in front of a scanning machine.

  22. Mugshot of a man with short blonde hair, in a side part with a short fringe. He has a moustache and beard and is wearing a grey shirt.

  23. A bald headed man with a long beard wearing an old Coventry City shirt with a Coventry City scarf around his neck sat next to a boy wearing a Coventry City t shirt and scarf around his neck whilst holding up a poster with a black arrow pointing to the word Rushy which is above a dotted line. They are in a BBC studio with a microphone that says BBC CWR and are sitting against a purple background.

  24. A group of men and women in football T-shirts stood around a table with Sky Blues merchandise, a cake and drinks