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. them in their Cup games. Incredibly, Mansfield were again refused election to the Football League as York City gained more votes than them. For the next two seasons, Mansfield finished in mid-table positions, and could not repeat their FA Cup exploits. Despite this, they applied for Football League status again in the summer of 1931. In a change of tactics, they applied to join the Southern section of Division Three to gain support from the northern clubs. With six votes more than Newport County, the Stags were finally elected to the Football League (at the sixth attempt). In the following