| Mansfield District | |
| Type: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 200px |
| Mapsize: | 160px |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | East Midlands |
| Subdivision Type3: | Ceremonial county |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nottinghamshire |
| Seat Type: | Admin. HQ |
| Seat: | Mansfield |
| Government Type: | Mansfield District Council |
| Leader Title1: | MP |
| Leader Name1: | Ben Bradley, Conservative |
| Area Rank: | |
| Population Rank: | Ranked |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity (2021) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics Type2: | Religion (2021) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Religion |
| Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Timezone Dst: | British Summer Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Blank Name: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Blank1 Name: | ONS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 37UF (ONS) E07000174 (GSS) |
| Blank2 Name: | OS grid reference |
| Blank3 Name: | NUTS 3 |
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.
The town of Mansfield had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1823.[1] They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as a municipal borough.[2]
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:[3]
The new district was named Mansfield after its main town.[4] [5] 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.[6]
Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.
| Mansfield District Council | |
| Logo Pic: | Mansfield District Council.svg |
| Logo Res: | 250px |
| House Type: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Leader1: | Sue Swinscoe |
| Election1: | 23 May 2023[7] |
| Leader2: | Andy Abrahams |
| Election2: | 6 May 2019 |
| Leader3: | Adam Hill |
| Election3: | August 2022[8] [9] |
| Members: | 36 councillors plus elected mayor |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: |
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| Next Election1: | 6 May 2027 |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Meeting Place: | Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG197BH |
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.[10] [11]
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:[12] [13]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| 1974–2003 | ||
| 2003–2011 | ||
| 2011–2015 | ||
| 2015–2019 | ||
| 2019–2023 | ||
| 2023–present | ||
See main article: 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:[16]
| Mayor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2002 | 10 May 2015 | |||
| 11 May 2015 | 5 May 2019 | |||
| Andy Abrahams | 6 May 2019 | |||
Following the 2023 election and a By-election in June 2024, the composition of the council (excluding the elected mayor's seat) was:[17] [18]
| Party | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 2 | |||
| Total | 36 | ||
The next full election is due in May 2027.
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.[19]
The council is based at the Civic Centre on Chesterfield Road South in Mansfield.[20] The building was purpose-built for the council at a cost of £6.7million and opened on 1 September 1986.[21] [22]
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.[11] 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 border into Mansfield district.
| 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.[23] |