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. and with the new signings of Alan Marriott, Scott Garner and Paul Mayo the team broke the club record of consecutive home clean sheets with six in a row, against Crawley Town, Rushden & Diamonds, York City, Kettering Town, Lewes, finally beating the record with a 1–0 victory over Forest Green Rovers. Despite this fantastic home form, Mansfield couldn't pick up enough points to muster enough of a challenge for the play-offs. Another poor, mid-table season followed and in November 2010, David Holdsworth was sacked as manager. Following Holdsworth's departure, Duncan Russell, the assistant manager, was named as the club's