Mansfield (district)
| Mansfield District | |
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| District Council | |
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 Shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Nottinghamshire |
| Admin. HQ | Mansfield |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mansfield District Council |
| • Leadership: | Mayor & Cabinet |
| • Mayor | Kate Allsop (Independent) |
| • Cabinet: | Mansfield Independent Coalition (Mansfield Independent Forum and UKIP) |
| • Chief Executive Officer: | Beverley Smith |
| • MP: | Sir Alan Meale |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.61 sq mi (76.70 km2) |
| Area rank | 248th |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 106,600 |
| • Rank | Ranked 221st |
| • Density | 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 37UF (ONS) E07000174 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 97.5% White 1.0% S.Asian |
| Website | mansfield.gov.uk |
Mansfield is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, being a merger of the former municipal borough of Mansfield, combined with the nearby urban districts of Mansfield Woodhouse and Warsop.
Settlements in the district include Mansfield itself, where the council is based, together with Mansfield Woodhouse, Forest Town and parts of Pleasley, with Warsop and Meden Vale distanced and annexed by open countryside. The district is entirely unparished apart from Warsop, which retains a parish council.
Unlike most English councils, Mansfield District Council is led by a directly elected mayor, following a campaign in 2002 by local businessman Stewart Rickersey to achieve a referendum to change the governance away from the traditional CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and elected Chairman-with-Cabinet, composed of councillors entitled Cabinet Members.
The replacement from 2003 was an MD (Managing Director) as Head of Paid Service with Directors, Heads of Service and Line Managers providing the council's day-to-day services, together with a Mayor (elected by the voting public) holding Executive powers and a cabinet composed of councillors entitled Portfolio Holders.
The Mayor of Mansfield is currently Kate Allsop who was returned at the scheduled elections in May 2015, following-on from her fellow Mansfield Independent Forum (MIF) political party colleague Tony Egginton, in-post since late 2003, a founding member of the Mansfield Independent Forum. Following the previous elections in 2011, MIF lost overall control having held majority seats from the 2003 and subsequent 2007 elections.
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