South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Election Results 2022

Results of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield combined authority Mayoral elections for the Doncaster voting area which took place on Thursday 5th May 2022.

Statement of verification

Doncaster Turnout = 19.91 %
Doncaster electorate = 228,596

Total Turnout (South Yorkshire) = 26.37%

Statement of result

Candidates	Party	Doncaster First Preference Votes	Doncaster Second Preference Votes	Total Doncaster Votes	Total Regional Votes
BETTNEY David	Social Democratic Party	2,274
BILTCLIFFE Simon David William Watson	Yorkshire Party	7,646
COPPARD Oliver James	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,721	3,503	23,224	143,476 ELECTED
OTTEN Joe	Liberal Democrats	1,990
WATKINSON Clive	The Conservative Party	10,267	2,411	12,678	57,347
WHYMAN Bex	The Green Party	3,193
		Total number of first preference votes was: 45,091	Total number of second preference votes was: 7,913

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:
	Doncaster first preference votes	Doncaster second preference votes
A want of official mark	0	0
B Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote	287	2
C writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	7	0
D unmarked or void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote	120	1,274
Total	414	1,276

Oliver Coppard, has been elected as the South Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayor.

For further information and a full roundup of all the results by each area, please visit the website for the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority who are the Returning Officer in charge for South Yorkshire:

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