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
Alexander Popov (swimmer) the IOC, presenting flowers to volunteers. He was named to the Evaluation Commission for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2009 he served as chairman of the RC Lokomotiv Moscow rugby league club. Since May 2009 he has been a member of the supervisory board of Adidas. In early 1997 he married Darya Shmeleva, a Russian Olympic swimmer whom he had dated since 1995. They have two sons, Vladimir (born 1997) and Anton (b. 2000), and a daughter, Mia (b. 22 December 2010). Popov is a friend of wrestler Aleksandr Karelin. Alexander Popov (swimmer) Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Попов,