People's Republic of South Yorkshire

[2] The expression was coined by Max Williams, a leader writer at the Yorkshire Evening Post, although it was soon adopted by supporters of the council's left-wing policies.

[4] Sheffield City Council and the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Authority were solidly left-wing, remaining socialist even as Thatcherism became the dominant political ideology in the country at large.

O'Mara was suspended from the Labour Party on 25 October 2017 after it emerged that he had made derogatory comments online about women and homosexuals, years prior to his election.

In the Police and Crime Commissioner election held the same day, the party increased its share of the vote by 21.5% compared with the 2016 by-election.

However, the Green Party made considerable inroads in Sheffield, coming second in the Brightside & Hillsborough, Central and Heeley constituencies for the first time; while Reform UK performed well in both Barnsley seats.

South Yorkshire following the 2017 general election . For the first time, every seat in the county was held by Labour (red) after this election. [ a ]