Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Mansfield District Council
Mansfield is run by Mansfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. Labour has a majority on Mansfield District Council. Reform UK has a majority on Nottinghamshire County Council. Most of Mansfield is in Mansfield (MP Steve Yemm, Labour); 8% of residents are in Ashfield (MP Lee Anderson, Reform UK).
£2,596
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Mansfield’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Mansfield District Council
Labour holds a majority on Mansfield District Council: 26 of its 36 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 4, Mansfield Independents 4 and independents 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Nottinghamshire changed hands in 2025
Nottinghamshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (36 of 66 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 41 of 66 seats. Nottinghamshire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Mansfield is £2,596 for 2026–27; Mansfield District Council keeps 8% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 50% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Mansfield’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 19 of Mansfield’s 36 or 34 of Nottinghamshire’s 66 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour26
- Conservative4
- Mansfield Independents4
- Independent2
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK41+41
- Conservative18−18
- Labour4−11
- Ashfield Independents1−9
- Broxtowe Alliance1+1
- Broxtowe Independent Group1+1
- Independent0−4
- Liberal Democrat0−1
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Mansfield has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Led by an elected mayor: Andy Abrahams (Labour), elected May 2023
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Claire Ward (Labour and Co-operative), elected May 2024
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Mansfield is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Mansfield, from the most recent elections.
- 1Mansfield District Council22 wards · 22 councillorsLabour 15 · Conservative 4 · Independent 2 · Mansfield Independents 1 · all 22
- 2Nottinghamshire County Council4 divisions · 8 councillorsBarry AnswerBrian WheatcroftMick BartonMartin WrightKevin BrownFaz ChoudhuryGaynor Sharon MannDavid Malcolm Smith
- 3Mayor of MansfieldMansfield District Council · elected May 2023Andy Abrahams
- 4Mayor of East Midlands Combined County AuthorityEast Midlands Combined County Authority · elected May 2024Claire Ward
- 5Police and crime commissionerNottinghamshire Police · elected May 2024Gary Godden
- 6House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
22 councillors for 22 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Diana Camille McKenzieLabour · May 2023
- Sue SwinscoeLabour · May 2023
- Sinead Anne AndersonConservative · May 2023
- Steve GarnerIndependent · May 2023
- Lynn HenshawLabour · May 2023
- John Christopher Peter MetcalfeLabour · May 2023
- Liz LangrickConservative · May 2023
- Barry AnswerMansfield Independents · May 2023
- Charles Ian HammersleyLabour · May 2023
- Stephen John NorthLabour · May 2023
- Michael Antony AbbsLabour · May 2023
- Terry ClayLabour · May 2023
The other 10 wards
- Garry Richard ColeLabour · June 2024 · by-election
- Paul Nigel HenshawLabour · May 2023
- Nigel David MoxonConservative · May 2023
- Sharron HartshornLabour · May 2023
- June StendallIndependent · May 2023
- Stuart RichardsonLabour · May 2023
- Andre Philip CamilleriConservative · May 2023
- Alan BellLabour and Co-operative · May 2023
- Charlotte Ruth InkleLabour · May 2023
- Rich Tempest-MitchellLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Nottinghamshire County Council’s 4 divisions (8 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hillall in Mansfield · 3,863 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Diana Camille McKenzie | May 2023 |
| Bancroftall in Mansfield · 3,628 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Sue Swinscoe | May 2023 |
| Thompsonsall in Mansfield · 3,602 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Sinead Anne Anderson | May 2023 |
| Racecourseall in Mansfield · 3,456 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Steve Garner | May 2023 |
| Wainwrightall in Mansfield · 3,445 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Lynn Henshaw | May 2023 |
| Eakringall in Mansfield · 3,422 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | John Christopher Peter Metcalfe | May 2023 |
| Kings Walkall in Mansfield · 3,386 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Liz Langrick | May 2023 |
| Ruffordall in Mansfield · 3,379 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Barry Answer | May 2023 |
| Centralall in Mansfield · 3,368 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Charles Ian Hammersley | May 2023 |
| Oakhamall in Mansfield · 3,105 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Stephen John North | May 2023 |
| Carr Bankall in Mansfield · 3,043 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Michael Antony Abbs | May 2023 |
| Brick Kilnall in Mansfield · 2,885 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Terry Clay | May 2023 |
The other 10 wards
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bankall in Mansfield · 2,832 residents1 seat · June 2024 | 1 | Garry Richard Coleby-election | June 2024 |
| Oak Treeall in Mansfield · 2,737 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Paul Nigel Henshaw | May 2023 |
| Ling Forestall in Mansfield · 2,725 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Nigel David Moxon | May 2023 |
| Pleasleyall in Mansfield · 2,641 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Sharron Hartshorn | May 2023 |
| Grange Farmmostly in Mansfield · 2,500 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | June Stendall | May 2023 |
| Pennimentall in Mansfield · 2,477 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Stuart Richardson | May 2023 |
| Berry Hillall in Mansfield · 2,251 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Andre Philip Camilleri | May 2023 |
| Sherwoodmostly in Mansfield · 1,799 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Alan Bell | May 2023 |
| Southwellmostly in Mansfield · 1,547 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Charlotte Ruth Inkle | May 2023 |
| Lindhurstall in Mansfield · 1,357 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Rich Tempest-Mitchell | May 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield West EDmostly in Mansfield · 23,787 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Barry AnswerBrian Wheatcroft | May 2025 |
| Mansfield East EDmostly in Mansfield · 17,641 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Mick BartonMartin Wright | May 2025 |
| Mansfield South EDall in Mansfield · 13,810 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Kevin BrownFaz Choudhury | May 2025 |
| Mansfield North ED29% in Mansfield · 8,210 residents2 seats · June 2025 | 2 | Gaynor Sharon MannDavid Malcolm Smith | June 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Mansfield District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Mansfield District Council council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Mansfield, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
22 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Mansfield’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗489 votes for candidates
477 votes for candidates
928 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (19 more)
703 votes for candidates
494 votes for candidates
618 votes for candidates
604 votes for candidates
686 votes for candidates
421 votes for candidates
802 votes for candidates
453 votes for candidates
486 votes for candidates
654 votes for candidates
443 votes for candidates
626 votes for candidates
409 votes for candidates
849 votes for candidates
670 votes for candidates
902 votes for candidates
586 votes for candidates
454 votes for candidates
483 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Mansfield is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
92% of Mansfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 55% (England 60%).
Majority 3,485 of 41,087 votes (8.5%): the 157th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Reform UK, MP since 12 December 2019
8% of Mansfield’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 58% (England 60%).
Majority 5,508 of 39,882 votes (13.8%): the 269th-narrowest of 543 in England.
41,087 votes for candidates · majority 3,485
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 41,087 votes from 74,535 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,485 of 41,087 votes (8.5%): the 157th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Ashfield
39,882 votes for candidates · majority 5,508
Reform UK, MP since 12 December 2019.
turnout in July 2024: 39,882 votes from 68,929 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 5,508 of 39,882 votes (13.8%): the 269th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Mansfield’s Band D council tax is £2,596 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Mansfield District Council keeps £212.72 of a Band D bill (8%); the rest goes to Nottinghamshire County Council, the Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner and the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Mansfield’s Band D bill has risen 50% in ten years, from £1,731.79 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £677.25 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Mansfield, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Nottinghamshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,500.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Nottinghamshire
| Mansfield + Nottinghamshire | Mansfield’s councils | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £505 | £510 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £275 | £310 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £31 | £65 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £9 | £39 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £115 | £116 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £39 | £38 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £11 | £32 | £26 |
| Public health | £68 | £90 | £78 |
| Running the council | £36 | £49 | £59 |
| Other | £23 | £38 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,112 | £1,287 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Mansfield per its residents plus Nottinghamshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Nottinghamshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Mansfield is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
mansfield.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
mansfield.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Mansfield is run
Which council runs Mansfield?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Mansfield have a town council?
No. Mansfield is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Mansfield?
Mansfield is split between 2 constituencies: Mansfield (Steve Yemm, Labour) and Ashfield (Lee Anderson, Reform UK). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Mansfield have?
22 ward councillors represent Mansfield’s 22 wards, and 8 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Mansfield?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Mansfield’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Mansfield?
Band D council tax in Mansfield is £2,596 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Mansfield District Council?
Labour has a majority: 26 of 36 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Nottinghamshire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 41 of 66 seats as elected.
Who won the 2023 council election in Mansfield?
In Mansfield’s wards on 4 May 2023, Labour 14 · Conservative 5 · Independent 2 · Mansfield Independents 1 of the 22 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 40.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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