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Jarvis takes Sheffield metro mayor role

Labour MP Dan Jarvis has been elected as the first mayor of the Sheffield City Region – but ministers will be discouraged by the low turnout for such a historic poll.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis has been elected as the first mayor of the Sheffield City Region – but ministers will be discouraged by the low turnout for such a historic poll.

Mr Jarvis won the vote once second preferences were counted, after no single candidate managed to secure 50% on first preferences.

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