Mansfield too much focus on self-publicity, as opposed to publicity for the town. The issue was raised again after his prominent role in Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington's homecoming ceremony following her Gold Medal successes at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. In April 2017, Sophie Whitby was elected to represent the Mansfield district as Member of Youth Parliament, on a manifesto which included promoting equality for the LGBT community. Benjamin Bradley has been the constituency (Conservative) Member of Parliament since May 2017, succeeding Sir Alan Meale (Labour), who served the town for thirty years. From 2010 the Parliamentary Constituency boundaries were realigned
History of Mansfield Town F.C. finished fifth from bottom in their first Division Four season on goal average, before improving to finish mid-table in the next. In 1962–63, Mansfield were promoted on the last day of the season, drawing with Stockport in a game which kicked off an hour after that of fellow promotion chasers Gillingham. There was scandal during the season though, as captain Brian Phillips was implicated by The People newspaper in a match-fixing scandal. After finishing 7th in the 1963–64 season, Mansfield narrowly missed promotion to the Second Division in 1964–65. In second place, and two points clear of Bristol City with