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. applied to re-join they were immediately accepted. The league was split into two stages for the 1915–16 season. Town completed their first league double over the Mechanics during the first stage, and finished ahead of them for the first time as well, taking 6th place of 9 teams. In the second competition, Mansfield strolled to the title, winning all 10 games (another three teams had dropped out of the league). This included 6-0 wins home and away against the Mechanics. At the end of the season the Central Alliance decided to shut down until the conclusion to the war, and