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
Incumbent Major Dan Jarvis since 3 May 2018
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]
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%	​​
	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 Co-op win

References

1. "The Mayor's Role". sheffieldcityregion.org. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
2. "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.
3. "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. "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.