About South Yorkshire.

Introduction      

South Yorkshire is located roughly in the centre of Great Britain. It lies on the main North to South and trans Pennine East - West transport corridor(s). The population of the sub region is approximately 1.25million. Most of our residents live in the city of Sheffield or the three main boroughs of Barnsley; Doncaster and Rotherham.

 
Click the individual districts for local maps
Barnsley MBC |Sheffield MBC |Doncaster MBC |Rotherham MBC

There are fifteen members of Parliament who represent South Yorkshire. The sub region also forms part of the European Parliamentary constituency covering the whole of the Yorkshire and Humber region. Seven members of the European Parliament represent the region who have been elected through a system of proportional representation.

To view a list of MPs and MEPs in South Yorkshire please click here.

There is currently no tier of government covering South Yorkshire as a whole. This tier was abolished in 1986 and instead four unitary local authorities exist in each metropolitan district. These are Barnsley; Doncaster; Rotherham and Sheffield.

The model of leadership in three of the four local authorities is that of Leader and Cabinet whilst in the other, namely Doncaster, the Elected Mayor is solely accountable for decision making.

To view the local government profile of South Yorkshire please click here.

A Boundary Committee report into the review of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire is now available.

• Boundary Committee Report (.doc)

A Boundary Committee report into the review of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire will also report its findings in September.

Certain local services in South Yorkshire are commissioned and provided by special single purpose bodies. These are:

• The South Yorkshire Fire & Civil Defence Authority
• The South Yorkshire Police Authority
• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority

In addition a further single purpose authority exists with responsibility for managing the local government pensions scheme in the sub region.

Whilst the membership of these authorities is largely drawn from the district councils, the Police Authority is also composed of magistrates and co-opted members drawn from the business and community sectors.

• South Yorkshire Annual Statistics 2002
• South Yorkshire Annual Statistics 2003
• South Yorkshire Annual Statistics 2004

• Progress in South Yorkshire 2006 - Final Draft

• South Yorkshire Strategic Economic Assessment - Consultation