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The 2024 South Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of South Yorkshire as part of the 2024 United Kingdom local elections. [1] The incumbent Labour and Co-operative Party mayor, Oliver Coppard, was re-elected. [2]
Oliver Coppard was elected as the second mayor of South Yorkshire in the 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election. After consultation, the role was merged with the coterminous police and crime commissioner. This meant that rather than taking place in 2026, as previously scheduled, an early election was held on 2 May 2024. [3]
Nick Allen, the Conservative candidate, said he would reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport. [4]
David Bettney, the SDP candidate, campaigned to reduce council tax, reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport and demanded a full financial audit on all four South Yorkshire councils covering the past 25 years. [5] He was endorsed by Reform UK. [6]
Oliver Coppard, the incumbent mayor, was re-elected.
The Conservative Party selected Nick Allen, a councillor on the City of Doncaster Council, as its candidate. [4]
Douglas Johnson, leader of the Green group on Sheffield City Council.
David Bettney is a businessman and former Regimental Sergeant Major. [6]
Hannah Kitching is the leader of the opposition in the Barnsley Council. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Oliver Coppard | 138,611 | 50.9 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Nick Allen | 44,948 | 16.5 | ±0.0 | |
| Green | Douglas Johnson | 37,142 | 13.6 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Kitching | 31,002 | 11.4 | +0.6 | |
| SDP | David Bettney | 20,835 | 7.6 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 93,666 | 34.4 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 272,535 | 27.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
| Districts | Oliver Coppard Lab Co-op | Nick Allen Con | Douglas Johnson Green | Hannah Kitching Lib Dems | David Bettney SDP | Total valid votes | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Barnsley [9] | 21,896 | 49.80% | 5,708 | 12.98% | 3,504 | 7.97% | 7,958 | 18.10% | 4,899 | 11.14% | 43,965 |
| Doncaster [10] | 24,111 | 50.95% | 13,587 | 28.71% | 2,831 | 5.98% | 2,039 | 4.31% | 4,754 | 10.05% | 47,322 |
| Rotherham [11] | 25,642 | 46.68% | 13,568 | 24.70% | 6,228 | 11.34% | 4,755 | 8.66% | 4,739 | 8.63% | 54,932 |
| Sheffield | 66,962 | 53.01% | 12,085 | 9.57% | 24,579 | 19.46% | 16,250 | 12.86% | 6,443 | 5.10% | 126,319 |
| Totals | 138,611 | 50.86% | 44,948 | 16.49% | 37,142 | 13.63% | 31,002 | 11.38% | 20,835 | 7.64% | 272,538 |
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