Editing South Yorkshire (section)

==Governance==
{{see also|List of civil parishes in South Yorkshire}}
[[File:Arms of South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.svg|thumb|right|The coat of arms of the former [[South Yorkshire County Council]].]]
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|[[South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority]]||[[Castlegate Quarter]], [[Sheffield City Centre]]||Formerly Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, includes [[South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive]]
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|[[South Yorkshire County Council]]||[[Central Offices, Barnsley]]||Abolished in 1986
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|[[South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat]]||Barnsley||The only metropolitan county in the UK that has established a formal joint secretariat.<ref>[http://www.southyorks.gov.uk/index.asp?id=637 Southyorks.gov.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002120117/http://www.southyorks.gov.uk/index.asp?id=637 |date=2 October 2011 }}</ref>
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|[[South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service]]||[[Cultural Industries Quarter]], Sheffield City Centre||
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|[[South Yorkshire Police]]||[[Carbrook, Sheffield]]||
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|[[Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council]]||[[Barnsley Town Hall]]||Covers [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley]]
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|[[Doncaster Council]]|| [[Doncaster Civic Office]]||Covers [[City of Doncaster]] district
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|[[Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council]]||[[Rotherham Town Hall]]||Covers [[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham]]
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|[[Sheffield City Council]]||[[Sheffield Town Hall]]|| Covers [[City of Sheffield]] district
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The [[South Yorkshire County Council]] was abolished and its districts effectively became unitary authorities; they are the [[City of Sheffield]], the [[City of Doncaster]], the [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley]] and the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham]].<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10092784 Vision of Britain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109141325/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10092784 |date=9 November 2006 }} – Components of South Yorkshire</ref>

In 1986, throughout England the metropolitan county councils were abolished. The [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial]] county with a [[Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire]] and a [[High Sheriff of South Yorkshire|High Sheriff]] was retained. The county remains defined as [[metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|metropolitan]], functions of the county council devolved to the boroughs with many functions administered by joint authorities (such a [[passenger transport executive]]) containing representatives of the four councils.

The [[South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority]] was established in 2014 to bring the leaders of the four councils to give the county a main statutory body. It is led by the directly elected [[Mayor of South Yorkshire]].

In the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union]], South Yorkshire voted 62% leave and 38% remain, making it one of the most heavily Leave areas in the country.