Mansfield Independents

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Mansfield Independents
Leader Cllr Mick Barton
Treasurer Kate Allsop
Nominating OfficerCllr Andrew Tristram
Founded14 July 2005
Headquarters3 Wellcroft Close
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
Ideology Localism
SloganPutting people before politics [1]
Mansfield District Council
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Nottinghamshire County Council
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Mansfield Independents, previously known as Mansfield Independent Forum, [2] 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. [3] Egginton had stood for election after being convinced to do so by the leader of the pro-Mayoralty campaign, Stewart Rickersey.

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History

The directly elected Mayor of Mansfield was created following moves made by Mansfield-based businessman Stuart Rickersey to change the governance of Mansfield through a public referendum. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6] Most of the newly elected councillors were new and inexperienced. [7] Egginton formed his Cabinet mostly of MIF members including Rickersey as Portfolio Holder for Corporate Issues. [8] 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 September 2019 the party was renamed to the Mansfield Independents. [2]

In 2015 Councillor Sid Walker of 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". [9]

Election results

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 a registered UK political party from 2005 onwards.

Mayoral elections

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.

YearCandidatePopular votePositionMajority
1st Pref2nd Pref
2002 Tony Egginton 4,1505,951#1588
2007 Tony Egginton 12,01513,720#14,936
2011 Tony Egginton 10,90112,680#163
2015 Kate Allsop 17,60422,600#12,880
2019 Kate Allsop 5,8607,928#2-2
2023Mick Barton4,992N/A#3-4,995

District Council elections

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. [10] In 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. [11]

YearCouncillorsControl
2003
25 / 37
Mansfield Independent
2007
29 / 37
Mansfield Independent
2011
10 / 37
 Labour
2015
15 / 37
Mansfield Independent
2019
13 / 37
No Overall Control
2023
4 / 37
 Labour

County Council elections

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 the Conservatives. [12]

YearCouncillorsControl
2005
0 / 66
 Labour
2009
6 / 66
 Conservative
2013
2 / 66
 Labour
2017
4 / 66
 No overall control
2021
0 / 66
 Conservative

UK Parliament elections

The party fielded a candidate in the 2005 election, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives. [13] In the 2010 general election they were reduced to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats. [14] The party did not field official candidates in the 2015, 2017 or 2019 elections.

YearCandidateVotes%Position
2005 Stewart Rickersey6,49117.0#3
2010 Andre Camilleri4,3399.0#4

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Independent, Issue 1 2019. A newspaper Promoted and Published by Kate Allsop. Accessed 2 October 2019
  2. 1 2 New name but still the same committment[sic] to people first in Mansfield Chad, Mansfield local newspaper, 5 September 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020
  3. ↑ "Mansfield Independent Forum". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Mansfield businessman to make changes Mansfield Chad, local newspaper, July 2001 Retrieved 2 December 2014
  5. ↑ "Voters snub parties in mayor polls". BBC News. 18 October 2002.
  6. ↑ "Make or break time for independents". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Independent revolution's driving force announces shock resignation". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mayor unveils new Mansfield cabinet". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "'Racist' photo storm to be probed by council". chad.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Mansfield District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Topping, Andrew; Pridmore, Oliver; Beck, Laycie (5 May 2023). "Labour hold overall control with large majority in Mansfield". NottinghamshireLive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Mansfield Independent Forum join forces with Tories to control County Hall". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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