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. round proper, where the beat Shirebrook to again face a League opponent in Barrow. Mansfield came from a goal down to win 2–1. Second Division Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten 1–0 in the Third Round, leading to a Fourth Round tie against Arsenal. Stags' captain Staniforth missed a crucial penalty which would have given Town the lead in the first half, although Arsenal later scored two goals to win. Mansfield gained notoriety in the press during their Cup run as "The egg and milk team", due to a fabricated story by the manager on the diet of the players which helped