Local elections 2008

Cheltenham, April 28: Mark Coote of the Conservative party delivers leaflets as part of the party's canvassing campaign Photograph: Matt Cardy /Getty

Bolton, April 29: William Gallagher, the Labour candidate for Bolton's Brieghtnet ward, takes to the campaign trail Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Liverpool, April 30: The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg (right), and Steve Geoghegan visit the site of a planned community centre to be built in memory of Rhys Jones Photograph: Martin Rickett /PA

Bolton, April 28: Gordon Brown and the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, visit a community centre Photograph: John Giles /PA

Bolton, April 29 : The Tory leader, David Cameron, shares a joke while canvassing in the town centre Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Wychling, May 1: Polling clerks set up a polling station Photograph: Gareth Fuller /PA

Halesowen, West Midlands, May 1: A voter arrives at a polling station at a cricket ground Photograph: David Jones /PA

Dudley, May 1: The first voter of the day arrives at a polling station in a caravan Photograph: David Jones/PA

London, May 1: Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah, leave the Methodist Central Hall polling station in central London after casting their vote for the local elections Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP

Birmingham, May 1: Party adjudicators watch the counting of votes at the National Indoor Arena Photograph: David Jones/PA

London May 1: Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah at Labour Party headquarters where they met and thanked election campaign workers Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA