Mayor of South Yorkshire | |
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Style | Mayor[1] |
Appointer | Electorate of South Yorkshire |
Term length | 4 years |
Salary | £79,000[2] |
The Mayor of South Yorkshire[3][4] is a combined authority mayor, first elected in May 2018, who chairs the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.[5] The office is currently held by Oliver Coppard.
The office was created under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 which allowed for the creation of 'Metro mayors' to lead combined authorities in England.[6] Between 2018 and September 2021, the office was known as the "Mayor of the Sheffield City Region".[7]
Main article: 2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election |
Sheffield City Region Mayoral Election 2018[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Dan Jarvis | 122,635 | 47.1% | 21,519 | 144,154 | 74.0% |
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Conservative | Ian Walker | 37,738 | 14.5% | 12,881 | 50,619 | 26.0% |
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Liberal Democrats | Hannah Kitching | 27,146 | 10.4% |
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Yorkshire | Mick Bower | 22,318 | 8.6% |
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Green | Robert Murphy | 20,339 | 7.8% |
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English Democrat | David Allen | 14,547 | 5.6% |
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South Yorkshire Save Our NHS | Naveen Judah | 10,837 | 4.2% |
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Majority | |||||||||
Turnout | 260,260 | 25.8% | Rejected ballots: 4,713 | ||||||
Labour win |