Mansfield District

The town of Mansfield had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1823.{{cite web |title=Mansfield Improvement Act 1823 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Geo4/4/92/contents/enacted |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=24 December 2023}} They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as a municipal borough.{{cite web |title=Mansfield Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10026817 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=24 December 2023}}

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:{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=31 May 2023}}

• Mansfield Municipal Borough
• Mansfield Woodhouse Urban District
• Warsop Urban District

The new district was named Mansfield after its main town.{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Gedling|title=Gedling|publisher=Britannica|access-date=8 August 2018}}{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title=District Councils and Boroughs |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=4 December 2021 |date=28 March 1974}}

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

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| leader1_type = Chair

| leader1 = Sue Swinscoe

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Labour

| election1 = 23 May 2023{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2023 |url=https://mansfield.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=160&MId=137 |website=Mansfield District Council | date=23 May 2023 |access-date=24 December 2023}}

| leader2_type = Mayor

| leader2 = Andy Abrahams

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Labour

| election2 = 6 May 2019

| leader3_type = Chief Executive

| leader3 = James Biddlestone

| election3 = January 2025[https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/news/article/12921/council-s-new-chief-executive-confirmed#:~:text=James%20Biddlestone%20has%20been%20confirmed,the%20appointment%20to%20the%20council. Council’s new Chief Executive confirmed] Mansfield District Council, 20 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025

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| leader4 = Adam Hill

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| election4 = August 2022 (resigned December 2024){{cite news |last1=Topping |first1=Andrew |title=Mansfield councillors approve appointment of new chief executive |url=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/politics/council/mansfield-councillors-approve-appointment-of-new-chief-executive-3700842 |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=Chad |date=19 May 2022}}{{cite web |title="Mansfield is the jewel in the crown - we need to show it off" - New chief executive shares ambitious plans to move the town into the future |url=https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/news/article/9521/-mansfield-is-the-jewel-in-the-crown-we-need-to-show-it-off-new-chief-executive-shares-ambitious-plans-to-move-the-town-into-the-future |website=Mansfield District Council |access-date=24 December 2023}}

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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.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=21 September 2023}}

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:{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre | date=4 March 2016 |access-date=10 August 2022}}{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/37uf.stm | title = Mansfield | accessdate = 18 February 2010 | work = BBC News Online}}

{{main|Mayor of Mansfield}}

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

In 2002 the council changed to having a directly elected mayor. The mayors since 2002 have been:{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://portal.mansfield.gov.uk/cmadexternal/meetingdatesext.aspx |website=Mansfield District Council |date=11 June 2007 |access-date=20 August 2022}}

Following the 2023 election and a By-election in June 2024, the composition of the council (excluding the elected mayor's seat) was:{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Phoebe |title=Mansfield councillor resigns from seat with 'immediate effect' due to 'personal reasons' |url=https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/mansfield-councillor-resigns-from-seat-with-immediate-effect-due-to-personal-reasons-4585665 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=Chad |date=10 April 2024}}

On 25 October 2024, three long standing members of Mansfield Independent Forum defected to Reform UK, marking a new political group on the council.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj0rq1n8r7o Three independent councillors defect to Reform UK] BBC News, 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024

The next full election is due in May 2027.

{{also|Mansfield District Council elections}}

File:The Manor, Mansfield Woodhouse.jpg Urban District Council,[https://oldmansfieldwoodhousesociety.com/index.php/the-manor-house/ The Manor House] The Old Mansfield Woodhouse Society. Retrieved 25 October 2024 in the second-largest settlement of the district]]

File:Warsop - Town Hall.jpg old Town Hall, in the third-largest settlement of the district]]

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.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=777|access-date=24 December 2023}}

The council is based at the Civic Centre on Chesterfield Road South in Mansfield.{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/contact-us |website=Mansfield District Council |access-date=24 December 2023}} The building was purpose-built for the council at a cost of £6.7{{nbsp}}million and opened on 1 September 1986.{{cite news |title=Council crest in new centre |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=24 December 2023 |work=The Recorder |date=14 August 1986 |location=Mansfield |page=12 |via=www.findmypast.co.uk}}{{registration required}}{{cite web |title=ANNALS OF MANSFIELD FROM 1086 TO 1999 |url=https://www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk/content/place/mansfield/mansfield-miscellaneous/annals-of-mansfield-from-1086-to-1999 |website=www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk |access-date=30 May 2024}}

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. 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.

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|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.

|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. |mantling = Azure doubled Or.

|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.

|badge = The attires of a stag conjoined at their burrs Proper braced at their beams with a cross flory per cross Azure and Or.

|motto = Sicut Quercus Virescit Industria (Industry Flourishes Like The Oak)

|notes = Granted 10 June 1987.{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/east_midlands.html |title=East Midlands Region |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England |accessdate=5 March 2021}}}}

==See also==

• Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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• [http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/ Mansfield District Council Home Page]

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Category:Populated places established in 1974