{"id":40764,"date":"2022-05-06T20:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=40764"},"modified":"2022-05-06T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:02:36","slug":"oliver-coppard-voted-in-as-south-yorkshire-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/05\/06\/oliver-coppard-voted-in-as-south-yorkshire-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Coppard voted in as South Yorkshire Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Labour candidate was announced the winner in the English Institute of Sport this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He beat out fellow candidates Clive Watkinson for Conservatives, Green&#8217;s Bex Whyman, Liberal Democrats Joe Otten, the Yorkshire Party&#8217;s Simon Biltcliffe and SDP&#8217;s David Bettney.<\/p>\n<p>His closest adversary was Clive Watkinson. The duo recieved the highest number of first choice results, knocking out the other candidates. Neither of them gained the 50% needed to have an outright win on the first count, meaning second preferences were counted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Coppard recieved 143,476 of the overall votes in comparison to Mr Watkinson&#8217;s 57, 347. The votes were cast by residents across Barnsley, Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here&#8217;s what he had to say about his win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HGI0h7GYdn\">pic.twitter.com\/HGI0h7GYdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield Wire (@Sheffield_Wire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheffield_Wire\/status\/1522627329348059140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sheffield Wire , Mr Coppard said: &#8220;I am feeling incredibly excited and proud to be elected as South Yorkshire&#8217;s next Mayor. This is my home, it&#8217;s where I was born and raised. We said throughout the campaign that we&#8217;re going to build the pride, the purpose, and the prosperity of the region so now we&#8217;re going to get on with the job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He is the second Mayor of South Yorkshire to be voted in since Labour&#8217;s Dan Jarvis in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He is due to start his position on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour candidate was announced the winner in the English Institute of Sport this evening. He beat out fellow candidates Clive Watkinson for Conservatives, Green&#8217;s Bex Whyman, Liberal Democrats Joe Otten, the Yorkshire Party&#8217;s Simon Biltcliffe and SDP&#8217;s David Bettney. His closest adversary was Clive Watkinson. 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