Mayor of South Yorkshire

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 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 South Yorkshire
Incumbent
Major Dan Jarvis

since 7 May 2018
StyleMayor[1]
AppointerElectorate of South Yorkshire
Term length4 years
Salary£79,000[2]

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]

2018 election

Sheffield City Region Mayoral Election 2018[8]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Dan Jarvis 122,635 47.1% 21,519 144,154 74.0%
Conservative Ian Walker 37,738 14.5% 12,881 50,619 26.0%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Kitching 27,146 10.4%
Yorkshire Mick Bower 22,318 8.6%
Green Robert Murphy 20,339 7.8%
English Democrat David Allen 14,547 5.6%
South Yorkshire Save Our NHS Naveen Judah 10,837 4.2%
Majority
Turnout 260,260 25.8% Rejected ballots: 4,713
Labour win

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