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. no means the first Football Club in Mansfield. In fact, a team named "Mansfield Town" played in the Midland Counties League as early as the 1892–93 season. "Mansfield Greenhalgh", a team for employees of the Greenhalgh & Sons Works, also competed in this league at the end of the 19th century, playing their home games at Field Mill. These two clubs merged in 1894 to form "Mansfield FC", although after 6 seasons of mediocre performance, the club disbanded around the turn of the century. Mansfield Town was founded in 1897 under the name of Mansfield Wesleyans. Like many football clubs,