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The 2024 South Yorkshire mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of South Yorkshire alongside the 2024 United Kingdom local elections. [1]
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 will be held in 2024. [2]
Nick Allen, the Conservative candidate, said he would reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport. [3]
David Bettney, the SDP candidate, is campaigning to reduce council tax, reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport and demanding a full financial audit on all four South Yorkshire councils covering the past 25 years. [4] He has been endorsed by Reform UK. [5]
Oliver Coppard, the incumbent mayor, is seeking re-election.
The Conservative Party selected Nick Allen, a councillor on the City of Doncaster Council, as its candidate. [6]
Douglas Johnson, leader of the Green group on Sheffield City Council.
David Bettney is a business leader and former Regimental Sergeant Major. [7]
Hannah Kitching [8] is the leader of the opposition at Barnsley Council.