[1] In 2018, The South Yorkshire metro mayor position- then known as the Sheffield City Region- had its inaugural election.

It was named this originally because its boundaries went beyond the four boroughs of South Yorkshire and included some parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

[2] These powers include: transport, strategic planning, coordinating investment and skills as well as £30 million annual funding for 30 years.

In South Yorkshire, for instance, the country's first 'ownership hub' was built to help businesses become worker owned or co-operatives.

[8] Controversy arose in June 2021 when Jarvis' administration voted to continue a privatised bus service in South Yorkshire, despite previous pledges to bring it into public control.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in the combined authority area aged 18 or over on 5 May 2022 are entitled to vote in the mayoral election.

Speculation has circulated that the government may remove the supplementary vote system which mayoralties use and replace it with first-past-the-post- in line with general elections.