Voters in South Yorkshire have elected a new Metro Mayor in the 2022 local elections.
The mayor is directly elected by voters in the districts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield to serve a four-year term. The previous regional mayor was Labour MP Dan Jarvis, who decided not to seek a second term.
The mayor will work with the leaders of the four South Yorkshire councils and has responsibilities in areas such as transport, housing and planning. Six candidates stood in the election and the parties represented were the Social Democratic Party, the Labour and Co-operative Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservative Party, the Green Party and the Yorkshire Party.
