17-460: Mansfield Independents , previously known as Mansfield Independent Forum , is a local political party in the local government district of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire , England. It was officially registered in 2005, having already successfully campaigned for the election of Tony Egginton as Mayor of Mansfield two years earlier. Egginton had stood for election after being convinced to do so by
34-522: A municipal borough . 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: The new district was named Mansfield after its main town. 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
51-640: A new political group on the council. 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. The council is based at the Civic Centre on Chesterfield Road South in Mansfield. The building was purpose-built for the council at a cost of £6.7 million and opened on 1 September 1986. Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse form
68-423: A public referendum. Local newsagent Tony Egginton was encouraged to stand as an independent candidate in the ensuing election, and was elected to the position on 17 October 2002. Following Egginton's successful election as Mayor, Rickersey then recruited many ward councillor-candidates to challenge Labour's traditional domination at the May 2003 local elections, winning control of the council with 25 seats. Most of
85-540: A registered UK political party from 2005 onwards. Tony Egginton served as Mayor of Mansfield from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He was succeeded by Kate Allsop , also of the Mansfield Independents. Mansfield Independent Forum councillors held a majority on Mansfield District Council from 2003–2011. The party lost control of the council to the Labour Party in 2011 before regaining control in 2015. In
102-471: 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
119-466: 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. They were replaced in 1891 when it was incorporated as
136-547: The Conservatives . The party fielded a candidate in the 2005 election, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives . In the 2010 general election they were reduced to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats . The party did not field official candidates in the 2015 , 2017 or 2019 elections. Mansfield District Mansfield District is a local government district in Nottinghamshire , England. It
153-463: The 2023 local elections, the Mansfield Independents suffered an almost total wipe-out, losing all but four of their seats on Mansfield District Council, and finishing in third place in the Mayoral Election. Mansfield Independent Forum has been represented on Nottinghamshire County Council since 2009 . Following the 2017 election the party became the junior partner in a governing coalition with
170-455: The Mansfield Independents, then sitting as a UKIP councillor, was investigated by Mansfield District Council for posting racist material on Facebook and calling a constituent a "left wing bitch". In September 2019 the party was renamed to the Mansfield Independents. The Mansfield Independent Forum has contested elections since Tony Egginton's election in 2002, first informally as an alliance of independent councillors in 2003 and then formally as
187-414: The area of the former borough of Mansfield, with responsibility for looking after the civic regalia of the town. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor . 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
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#1732848736298204-402: The district. 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: From 1974 until 2002, political leadership
221-428: The leader of the pro-Mayoralty campaign, Stewart Rickersey. At the May 2023 Mansfield local elections, four MI members were successful. On 25 October 2024, three long standing members defected to Reform UK , marking a new political group on the council. The directly elected Mayor of Mansfield was created following moves made by Mansfield-based businessman Stuart Rickersey to change the governance of Mansfield through
238-507: The newly elected councillors were new and inexperienced. Egginton formed his Cabinet mostly of MIF members including Rickersey as Portfolio Holder for Corporate Issues. The party was officially registered with the electoral commission on 14 July 2005, formalising the existence of a party that had unofficially existed since Egginton's election. Fellow Mansfield Independent Kate Allsop was elected as Executive Mayor to succeed Egginton following his retirement in 2015. In 2015 Councillor Sid Walker of
255-575: The urban area of Pleasley , most of which is in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire , extends across the boundary into Mansfield district. 53°09′N 1°12′W / 53.15°N 1.20°W / 53.15; -1.20 Mansfield urban area The Mansfield Urban Area is a built-up area of Nottinghamshire , England. Which comprises the towns of Mansfield , Sutton in Ashfield , Kirkby in Ashfield & Mansfield Woodhouse . As well as both
272-510: The villages of Newstead and New Houghton in Derbyshire . The 2011 census gives the total population of the area as 171,958 making it the 37th most populated urban area in England. The population has increased 9% from the 2001 census population of 158,114. 53°08′N 1°12′W / 53.14°N 1.20°W / 53.14; -1.20 This Nottinghamshire location article
289-493: 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: Following the 2023 election and a By-election in June 2024, the composition of the council (excluding the elected mayor's seat) was: On 25 October 2024, three long standing members of Mansfield Independent Forum defected to Reform UK , marking
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