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. 40 points were gained from the first half of the season, whereas only 27 points were gained from the second half, leaving Mansfield with a slightly disappointing finish of 8th. Mansfield were actually still in the play-offs with three games left, but lost the next two games, extinguishing all hopes of the play-offs for another season. News came in June that Mansfield had been placed under a transfer embargo, after having to borrow money from the PFA to pay players' wages. Parkin resigned, and Billy Dearden took over in July with just 9 players at the club. A squad was