Barnsley North parliamentary constituency

Member of Parliament

• Dan Jarvis

  Labour Party
  

Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.

MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.

MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

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Mayor of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Mayor of Sheffield City Region Combined Authority

• Oliver James Coppard

  Labour and Co-operative Party
  

The Mayor is elected to represent 1.4 million residents in the region. The Mayor acts to promote South Yorkshire as a place to live, work, visit and invest.

The MCA has powers and funding which are used to help create jobs, grow the economy, up-skill the workforce, support the public transport network and develop new infrastructure and homes in South Yorkshire. Many decisions are made by the MCA and Mayor together, but the Mayor can make some decisions independently.

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Monk Bretton ward

Local Councillors

There are three local Councillors representing you.

Metropolitan district councils are responsible for services like:

• schools
• social services
• waste collection
• roads

Understand how your council works