Mansfield

On 19 May 2022, the Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 was laid in draft in Parliament. 

The draft order, if made, would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England's review of electoral arrangements in Mansfield and published on 1 February 2022.

The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for Mansfield District Council in May 2023.

The draft order can be viewed here. 

The draft order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

Final proposals for a new pattern of wards in Mansfield

• A snapshot of our proposals for Mansfield 
• A summary of our proposals for Mansfield
• Our full report on proposals for Mansfield, which discusses individual wards 
• The report map of our proposals for Mansfield
• A non-interactive map of our proposals for Mansfield 
• Our news release
• Our letters to the Chief Executives of Mansfield District Council
• Mapping Files*

**This data has been derived by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the OS OpenData Boundary-Line product during the course of its electoral review of this authority. Its use is governed by the terms of the OS OpenData Licence Agreement. The data is provided in good faith by the LGBCE and is provided for information purposes only. It should not be used for canvassing or other purpose that might give the user any commercial gain.  

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils: 

• Warsop

We publish people’s views, with personal details removed    

• Local authority
• Local Organisations
• Local residents

The consultation on draft recommendations for Mansfield District Council closed on 8 November 2021 

On 31 August 2021, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Mansfield District Council. 

From 31 August 2021 to 8 November 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Mansfield District Council.  

• Draft recommendations report for Mansfield District Council 
• Draft recommendations map for Mansfield District Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download. 
• Summary of the Mansfield report  

• Fact Sheet 
• News release 
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Mansfield District Council 
• Promotional poster [1] [2]

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils: 

• Warsop Parish

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed [ward/division] boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Mansfield electoral review:  

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or 

3. writing to the following address: 

   The Review Officer (Mansfield) 

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England 

  PO BOX 133,

  Blyth,

  NE24 9FL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Mansfield District Council closed on 31 May 2021. 

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Local Authority: 

Political Groups: 

Councillors: 

Local Organisations: 

MPs: 

Local Residents: 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

The consultation on warding arrangements for Mansfield District Council closed on 31 May 2021

From 23 February to 31 May 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Mansfield District Council.  

The Commission is minded to recommend that Mansfield District Council should have 36 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Mansfield to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 36 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

• News release  
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Mansfield District Council 
• Electoral figures
• Promotional posters [1] [2] 
• Mansfield polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Mansfield District Council and may contain boundary errors.) 

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Mansfield electoral review: 

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or  

3. writing to the following address: 

   The Review Officer (Mansfield) 

LGBCE

PO Box 133

Blyth

NE24 9FE

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Mansfield District Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received one submission on council size: 

• Mansfield District Council 

The Commission is minded to recommend that 36 councillors should serve Mansfield District Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE).

• Mansfield final report (PDF) , published on 16 May 2000.
• Existing wards in Mansfield - Map 1 (PDF)
• The Commission's final recommendations for Mansfield - Map 2 (PDF)
• Proposed warding of Warsop Parish - Map A1 (PDF)
• Proposed ward boundaries for Mansfield - Large Map (PDF: 7.5MB) This map may take some time to download.
• Mansfield draft report (PDF), published on 14 December 1999

Recommendations become law

The Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2011, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new boundaries in Mansfield, was made on 28 January 2011 and was published on 2 February 2011). New ward arrangements for Mansfield have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections on 5 May 2011.

The order for Mansfield can be viewed through the following link:

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/163/contents/made

Draft order laid in Parliament

On 29 November 2010 the Mansfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 was laid in draft in Parliament.

The draft order if made would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Mansfield and published on 21 September 2010. 

The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for Mansfield in 2011.

The draft order refers to a map. The map comprises the following sheets:

• Sheet 1 (Overview of the district, PDF)
• Sheet 2 (Warsop, PDF)
• Sheet 3 (West of Mansfield, PDF)
• Sheet 4 (East of Mansfield, PDF)