The inaugural Sheffield City Region mayoral election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect the mayor of the

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. The mayor will lead the

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. Voting is restricted to the four councils which are constituent members of the combined authority:

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and

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. Together these councils make up

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. As the election took place using the

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system, electors were able to vote for a "first preference" candidate and a "second preference" candidate. The leading candidate needed to achieve over 50% of the first preference votes in order to be elected in the first round. As the leading candidate, Dan Jarvis, received 47.1% of the total number of votes in the first round, the election proceeded to the second round and voters second preferences were distributed between the two leading candidates. Dan Jarvis, the Labour and Co-operative candidate, was subsequently elected in the second round with a total number of 144,154 votes. Subsequent elections were held in

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Electoral system

The election used a

system, in which voters express a first and second preference of candidates. * If a candidate receives over 50% of the first preference vote the candidate wins. * If no candidate receives an overall majority, i.e., over 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated. * The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count. * Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates are eliminated are discarded. * Voters whose first preference candidates have been eliminated and whose second preference candidate is in the top two have their second preference votes added to the count. This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two. All registered electors (

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, Irish,

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and

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citizens) living in the combined authority area aged 18 or over on 3 May 2018 were entitled to vote in the mayoral election.

Results

Overall

By area

Barnsley

Doncaster

Rotherham

Sheffield

Candidates

Conservative Party

* Ian Walker, parliamentary candidate for Sheffield Hallam in 2015 and 2017

Green Party of England and Wales

* Rob Murphy, Speaker for the Green Group on Sheffield Council

English Democrats

* David Allen

Labour Party

* Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central from 2011 onwards, was selected to stand in a ballot of Labour Party members. Jarvis was also selected by the

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and stood as a joint

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candidate.

Liberal Democrats

* Hannah Kitching, businessperson and campaigner

South Yorkshire Save Our NHS

* Naveen Judah

Yorkshire Party

* Mick Bower, candidate for

in 2017

Endorsements

Dan Jarvis

David Blunkett David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. ...

Kevin Barron Sir Kevin John Barron (born 26 October 1946) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician and former coal industry worker. He was the Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency) ...

Ed Miliband Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for D ...

* Stephanie Peacock *

Rosie Winterton Rosalie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, (born 10 August 1958), is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central from 1997 to 2024. She served as a Deputy Speaker in the House of ...

Naveen Judah

National Health Action Party The National Health Action Party (NHA) is a political party in the United Kingdom. The party grew out of the movement opposing the 2012 Health and Social Care Act 2012, Health and Social Care Act. It campaigns for renationalisation of the Nati ...

References

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