Sheffield Hallam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Olivia Blake of the Labour Party.
Clive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician and former economist who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield South East,previously Sheffield Attercliffe since 1992.
Jeffrey Ennis OBE is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley East and Mexborough from 1996 to 2010,having been first elected at the Barnsley East by-election.
Gareth Richard Thomas is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West since 1997. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services,Small Business and Exports since July 2024. Thomas served as Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for Trade,Investment and Consumer Affairs between 2008 and 2010. He was the Chair of the Co-operative Party from 2001 until 2019,and stands for election as a Labour and Co-operative candidate.
Barnsley Central was a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons from 1983 until 2024. This constituency covered parts of the town of Barnsley.
Wakefield was a constituency in West Yorkshire,England. It was created as a borough constituency in 1832 and reformed as a county constituency in 1885.
Sheffield,Brightside and Hillsborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Gill Furniss,a member of the Labour Party.
Penistone and Stocksbridge is a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Marie Tidball,a Labour MP. As with all Westminster constituencies,adults qualifying to vote in the seat elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system at least every five years.
Wentworth and Dearne was a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by John Healey,a member of the Labour Party who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2020.
Tracy Lynn Brabin is a British politician who has served as the Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She previously was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021 under the Labour and Co-operative banner.
The South Yorkshire County Council (SYCC) —also known as South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council —was the top-tier local government authority for the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire from 1 April 1974 to 31 March 1986. A strategic authority,with responsibilities for roads,public transport,planning,emergency services and waste disposal,it was composed of 100 directly elected members drawn from the four metropolitan boroughs of South Yorkshire:Barnsley,Doncaster,Rotherham and Sheffield.
On 3 March 2011,a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Barnsley Central. The by-election resulted in the Labour Party holding the seat with an increased majority.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British former Labour and Co-op politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election,he was appointed chief executive of the Labour Together thinktank.
The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire,a historic county of England. The party,which was founded in 2014,campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom,with powers over education,environment,transportation and housing.
Richard Burgon is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds East since 2015. Burgon served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2016 to 2020. A Labour Party MP,on 23 July 2024 he had the whip withdrawn and was suspended from the party for six months as a result of voting for a Scottish National Party amendment to scrap the two child benefit cap. He now sits as an Independent MP until the whip is re-established,subject to a review.
Stephanie Louise Peacock is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley South,previously Barnsley East,since 2017. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Media,Civil Society and Youth since July 2024.
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.
The 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect the Mayor of South Yorkshire,the leader of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. It took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Labour and Co-operative Party candidate,Oliver Coppard,won the election in the second round with 71.4% of the vote.
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