Kate Allsop is coming on the 6:30 show to speak about her plans for Mansfield after being elected last week.
She has previously appeared on Notts TV in a debate with the other mayoral candidates
The Mansfield Independent Forum candidate was virtually level with rival, Labour’s Martin Lee, after the first-choice voted were counted a the John Fretwell Centre on Friday afternoon.
Mrs Allsop had polled 17,604 votes, with Mr Lee picking up 17,562 whilst third candidate Phil Shields had pulled in 9,672, taking him out of the running.
However, after the second-choice votes were counted, as part of the supplementary voting system, Mrs Allsop had almost 3,000 more votes than Mr Lee, taking her total to 22,600.
“It feels absolutely wonderful”
The new mayor said: “It feels absolutely wonderful, I’m just delighted.
“It was very emotional and to think so many people voted for me is humbling.”
As part of her manifesto, Mayor Allsop has pledged to scrap councillors’ expenses, including her own, introduce free half-hour parking in Mansfield town centre and to oversee the construction of almost 400 new homes.
Mayor Allsop follows independent mayor, Tony Egginton, into the role, after he was elected for three successive terms from 2002 to 2015.
