| Election Name: | 2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Position established |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Turnout: | 25.9% |
| 1Blank: | 1st Round vote |
| 2Blank: | Percentage |
| 3Blank: | 2nd Round vote |
| 4Blank: | Percentage |
| Candidate1: | Dan Jarvis |
| Image1: | Official portrait of Dan Jarvis crop 2.jpg |
| Party1: | Labour and Co-operative |
| 1Data1: | 122,635 |
| 2Data1: | 47.1% |
| 3Data1: | 144,154 |
| 4Data1: | 74.0% |
| Candidate2: | Ian Walker |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| 1Data2: | 37,738 |
| 2Data2: | 14.5% |
| 3Data2: | 50,619 |
| 4Data2: | 26.0% |
| Candidate3: | Hannah Kitching |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| 1Data3: | 27,146 |
| 2Data3: | 10.4% |
| 3Data3: | Eliminated |
| 4Data3: | Eliminated |
| Candidate4: | Mick Bower |
| Party4: | Yorkshire Party |
| 1Data4: | 22,318 |
| 2Data4: | 8.6% |
| 3Data4: | Eliminated |
| 4Data4: | Eliminated |
| Candidate5: | Rob Murphy |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| 1Data5: | 20,339 |
| 2Data5: | 7.8% |
| 3Data5: | Eliminated |
| 4Data5: | Eliminated |
| Candidate6: | David Allen |
| Party6: | English Democrats |
| 1Data6: | 14,547 |
| 2Data6: | 5.6% |
| 3Data6: | Eliminated |
| 4Data6: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| After Election: | Dan Jarvis |
| After Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
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]
The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and second preference of candidates.[2]
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 (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in the combined authority area aged 18 or over on 3 May 2018 were entitled to vote in the mayoral election.
| Party | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | 30,250 | 66.7 | ||
| Ian Walker | 4,774 | 10.5 | ||
| Mick Bower | 3,158 | 7.0 | ||
| Hannah Kitching | 2,302 | 5.1 | ||
| David Allen | 1,754 | 3.9 | ||
| Robert Murphy | 1,249 | 2.8 | ||
| South Yorkshire Save Our NHS | Naveen Judah | 1,206 | 2.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | 686 | 1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 45,379 | 25.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | 19,653 | 43.9 | ||
| Ian Walker | 7,747 | 17.3 | ||
| Mick Bower | 6,156 | 13.7 | ||
| David Allen | 5,713 | 12.8 | ||
| South Yorkshire Save Our NHS | Naveen Judah | 1,980 | 4.4 | |
| Hannah Kitching | 1,755 | 3.9 | ||
| Robert Murphy | 1,280 | 2.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 490 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 44,774 | 20.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | 18,680 | 44.7 | ||
| Ian Walker | 7,071 | 16.9 | ||
| Mick Bower | 6,422 | 15.4 | ||
| South Yorkshire Save Our NHS | Naveen Judah | 2,724 | 6.5 | |
| David Allen | 2,516 | 6.0 | ||
| Hannah Kitching | 2,145 | 5.1 | ||
| Robert Murphy | 1,686 | 4.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 526 | 1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,770 | 21.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | 1st round votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | 54,052 | 42.1 | ||
| Hannah Kitching | 20,944 | 16.3 | ||
| Ian Walker | 18,146 | 14.1 | ||
| Robert Murphy | 16,124 | 12.6 | ||
| Mick Bower | 6,582 | 5.1 | ||
| South Yorkshire Save Our NHS | Naveen Judah | 4,927 | 3.8 | |
| David Allen | 4,564 | 3.6 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3,011 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 128,350 | 31.7 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ) to two decimal places in percentage; this preserves visual clues to the magnitude of the numbers --> | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jarvis | 2,584 | align=center | 57.6% | |
| Ben Curran | 1,903 | align=center | 42.4% | |