and i hereby declare that oliver coppard is duly— hereby declare that oliver coppard is duly elected allen. i authority. —— nick allen. ineed _ authority. —— nick allen. ineed to— authority. —— nick allen. i need to start by thanking the team who have run this election, right across south yorkshire. standing for elections is hard obviously but running elections isn�*t much easier. it certainly leaves less margin for error. to the teams of people verifying counts and votes, the voting clicks and the staff of our councils and the mca led so ably by our combined authority returning officer martin swales, thank you. but most importantly, i need to thank the people of south yorkshire. after just two years you were asked to go to the polls to choose your mayor again. to go to the polls to choose your mayoragain. but to go to the polls to choose your mayor again. but from bentley to boston castle, you have lent me your votes. your support and trust once more. more than anything, with 51% of the vote, you have given me a mandate to continue the work we started in earnestjust two years ago. e

elsewhere, labour's oliver coppard has been re—elected for a second term as mayor of south yorkshire.he people verifying counting votes, the people verifying counting votes, the polling clerks and to the staff of our four councils and the mca, led ably by our combined authority returning officer, thank you. most importantly, i need to thank the people of south yorkshire. after just two years, you are asked to go to the polls to choose your mare again. but from bentley to boston castle, from door to door death, you have lend me your votes. your support and your trust once more. more than anything, with 51% of the vote, you have given me a mandate to continue the work, the work we started in earnestjust two years ago. elections at the vehicle, not the destination. and today you have offered me notjust your consent and your blessing to continue on the journey we started, to pursue the change we so desperately need across south yorkshire, whether it may be, to give every single person across barnsley, rotherham, doncasterand barnsley, rotherham, doncaster and sheffield, barnsley, rotherha