[1][2][3] The party was founded in 2014 by Andrew Pickering, who had previously run for election as an independent in 2012.

The party had emerged out of a local campaign against a supermarket being built in the town.

She stated that she could no longer work with the party's deputy leader Sean Gibbons.

[10] That December, Chapman announced she had joined the Labour party, saying that "nothing major" had been achieved in the eight and a half years she was a member of Mexborough First.

[11] The party opposes the construction of High Speed 2, which councillors predict would lead to the demolition of 200 homes.