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. defeat away at York City followed, meaning Mansfield had to win and hope Cheltenham dropped points at champions Plymouth for the Stags to get promoted. 2–0 victories for Mansfield and Plymouth were enough to give Mansfield a first promotion in 10 years. However, they finished 23rd the following season, meaning they were straight back down in Division Three. In 2003–04, Mansfield reached the play-off final with a penalty shoot-out victory over Northampton (the team that finished 24th in Division Two the year before and were relegated with Mansfield), but lost on penalties to Huddersfield Town at the Millennium Stadium. The