 Following legal action from Derbyshire County Council regarding the inclusion of Derbyshire local authorities, and the withdrawal of Bassetlaw and Chesterfield councils mid-2017, the first mayoral election was delayed until 2018.As part of the consultation process for the new authority, the UK government suggested the name "South Yorkshire Combined Authority", which was rejected by the authorities who favoured the name "Sheffield City Region Combined Authority".The government rejected this name as "misleading and inappropriate".