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The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, an official badge and the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor. Ann Eliza Longden was the first female Lord Mayor (1936–7). [4]
Sheffield City Council Election Result 2016 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss ... Colin Arthur Ross* 3,875 : 56.2 : Liberal Democrats: Joe Otten* 3,547 : 51.4 :
The town of Sheffield was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1843. The borough was run by the Corporation of Sheffield, also known as the town council.When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, Sheffield was considered large enough to run its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from West Riding County ...
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield , the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District . [ 7 ]
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019; [1] one of a number of local council elections taking place across England and Northern Ireland on the same day. One of each ward's three seats was up for election, having last been contested in the 2016 elections .
The 2021 Sheffield City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Sheffield City Council in England, as part of the nationwide local elections. The election was originally due to take place on 7 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] One seat from each ward was up for election.
Between 2018 and September 2021, the office was known as the "Mayor of the Sheffield City Region". [7] The next election will take place in 2028. The Mayor was vested with the police and crime commissioner functions for the South Yorkshire Police area from 7 May 2024 .
In 2018, The South Yorkshire metro mayor position- then known as the Sheffield City Region- had its inaugural election. At the time of its creation, the metro mayor's role was an effectively powerless position, with no salary.