2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election

2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election

3 May 2018 2022 →
Turnout	25.9%
Candidate Dan Jarvis Ian Walker Hannah Kitching Party Labour Co-op Conservative Liberal Democrats 1st Round vote 122,635 37,738 27,146 Percentage 47.1% 14.5% 10.4% 2nd Round vote 144,154 50,619 Eliminated Percentage 74.0% 26.0% Eliminated   Candidate Mick Bower Rob Murphy David Allen Party Yorkshire Green English Democrat 1st Round vote 22,318 20,339 14,547 Percentage 8.6% 7.8% 5.6% 2nd Round vote Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated Percentage Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
First Round Results Second Round Results
Elected Mayor Dan Jarvis Labour Co-op

The inaugural Sheffield City Region mayoral election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect the mayor of the Sheffield City Region. The mayor will lead the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Voting is restricted to the four councils which are constituent members of the combined authority: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Together these councils make up South Yorkshire.

As the election took place using the supplementary vote 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 2022 and 2024.^[1]