Mayor of the Sheffield City Region
The Mayor of the Sheffield City Region is a combined authority mayor, first elected in May 2018, who chairs the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.[2] The role is currently held by Dan Jarvis who has also served as the MP for Barnsley Central since a by-election in 2011.
| Mayor of the Sheffield City Region | |
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| Style | No courtesy, title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of South Yorkshire |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Salary | £79,000[1] |
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.[3]
2018 election
| Sheffield City Region Mayoral Election 2018[4] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Labour Co-op | 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 Co-op win | |||||||||
References
- "The Mayor's Role". sheffieldcityregion.org. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- "Statement of Second Preference Count Totals and Declaration of Result As Combined Authority Returning Officer at the election for the Mayor for the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield" (PDF). Sheffieldcityregion.org.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- "Mayoral Election Results - Sheffield City Region". Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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