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
Edgar Mansfield background of my bookbinding and sculpture, which are essentially tooled drawings on an almost flat surface. The Mansfield Medal awarded in the annual British Designer Bookbinders Society competition is named in his honour. Edgar Mansfield James Frank Edgar ('Edgar') Mansfield (11 February 1907 − 10 August 1996) was an English-New Zealand bookbinder and sculptor, who has been described as the ‘main inspiration behind modern British bookbinding’. Mansfield was born in London in 1907 and died in Bearsted, Kent 10 August 1996. In 1911 his parents emigrated to New Zealand, settling in Hastings. Mansfield matriculated from Napier Boys' High School in