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Mansfield District Council
Mansfield District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Chair	Sue Swinscoe, ; Labour ; since 23 May 2023
Mayor	Andy Abrahams, ; Labour ; since 6 May 2019
Chief Executive	Adam Hill ; since August 2022
Structure
Seats	36 councillors plus elected mayor
Political groups	Administration (27) Labour (27) Other parties (10) Conservative (4) Reform UK (3) Independent (2) Mansfield Ind. (1)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
	Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG19 7BH
Website
	www.mansfield.gov.uk

Mansfield District
Mansfield District
Non-metropolitan district
	From left to right:; Top: Mansfield Town Hall and the Bentinck Memorial; Middle: Mansfield Woodhouse and Pleasley Mills in Pleasley Vale; Lower: Warsop town centre and Berry Hill Hall;
	Coat of arms
	Shown within Nottinghamshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Nottinghamshire
Admin. HQ	Mansfield
Government
• Type	Mansfield District Council
• MP	Steve Yemm, Labour
Area
• Total	30 sq mi (77 km2)
• Rank	222nd
Population (2022)
• Total	111,117
• Rank	Ranked 219th
• Density	3,700/sq mi (1,400/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 94.8% White ; 2% Asian ; 1.4% Mixed ; 1.1% Black ; 0.7% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 49.2% Christianity ; 48.2% no religion ; 1.4% other ; 1.2% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	37UF (ONS); E07000174 (GSS)

Mansfield District is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is named after the town of Mansfield, where the council is based. The district also contains Mansfield Woodhouse (which forms part of the Mansfield urban area) and Warsop.

The neighbouring districts are Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Ashfield and Bolsover.

History

The town of Mansfield had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1823.^[2] They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as a municipal borough.^[3]

The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The new district covered the whole area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:^[4]

The new district was named Mansfield after its main town.^[5]^[6] Unusually for a district taking the same name as a former borough, the new Mansfield district was not granted borough status. Instead charter trustees were established for the area of the former borough of Mansfield, with responsibility for looking after the civic regalia of the town.^[7]

Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.

Governance

Mansfield District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council. Warsop is also a civil parish, which is a third tier of local government for that part of the district.^[11]^[12]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2023 election.

The first election to the modern district council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows:^[13]^[14]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1974–2003
	Mansfield Independent	2003–2011
	Labour	2011–2015
	Mansfield Independent	2015–2019
	No overall control	2019–2023
	Labour	2023–present

Leadership

From 1974 until 2002, political leadership was provided by the leader of the council. Only one person served as leader in that time:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Jim Hawkins^[15]^[16]		Labour	1 Apr 1974	20 Oct 2002

In 2002 the council changed to having a directly elected mayor. The mayors since 2002 have been:^[17]

Mayor		From	To
Tony Egginton	Mansfield Independent	21 Oct 2002	10 May 2015
Kate Allsop	Mansfield Independent	11 May 2015	5 May 2019
Andy Abrahams	Labour	6 May 2019

Composition

Following the 2023 election and a By-election in June 2024, the composition of the council (excluding the elected mayor's seat) was:^[18]^[19]

On 25 October 2024, three long standing members of Mansfield Independent Forum defected to Reform UK, marking a new political group on the council.^[20]

Party		Councillors
	Labour	26
	Conservative	4
	Reform UK	3
	Independent	2
	Mansfield Ind.	1
Total		36

The next full election is due in May 2027.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the district has been divided in 36 wards, each of which elects one councillor. Elections are held every four years.^[22]

Premises

The council is based at the Civic Centre on Chesterfield Road South in Mansfield.^[23] The building was purpose-built for the council at a cost of £6.7 million and opened on 1 September 1986.^[24]^[25]

Geography

Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse form a single urban area, which also includes Forest Town. The only civil parish in the district is Warsop; the rest of the district, corresponding to the combined area of the pre-1974 borough of Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse urban district, is an unparished area.^[12] The parish of Warsop contains the settlements of Market Warsop, Church Warsop and Meden Vale plus surrounding rural areas, including areas of woodland which form part of Sherwood Forest. Part of the urban area of Pleasley, most of which is in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, extends across the boundary into Mansfield district.

Arms

Coat of arms of Mansfield District
Notes Granted 10 June 1987.^[26] Crest On a wreath Or and Azure on a mount Vert an oak tree Proper between two lions rampant combatant Or armed and langued Gules the dexter lion supporting by its sinister paw a pickaxe passing behind the tree in bend the haft Or the sinister lion supporting by its sinister paw a pickaxe passing in front of the tree in bend sinister its haft also Or and the blades of both Sable resting upon the ground. Escutcheon Quarterly Or and Azure in dexter chief and in sinister chief a Roman helmet proper lined Gules and in base the attires of a stag conjoined at their burrs Proper over all a cross flory per cross counterchanged of the field. Supporters On the dexter side a stag per fesse Verte and Or semée of oak Leaves counterchanged attired and unguled Gold langued Gules and gorged with a duke's coronet Or and on the sinister side a lion per fesse Vert and Or semée of oak leaves counterchanged armed and langued Gules and gorged with a duke's coronet Gold. Motto Sicut Quercus Virescit Industria (Industry Flourishes Like The Oak) Badge The attires of a stag conjoined at their burrs Proper braced at their beams with a cross flory per cross Azure and Or.