Tony Egginton (born 1951) is an English politician. He was the first directly elected Mayor of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. He was elected to the position on 17 October 2002, beating Labour's Lorna Carter by 588 votes, ending 30 years of Labour control.

Egginton was re-elected in 2007 and again 2011, holding the position until his retirement at the end of his third-term of office in May, 2015. He had previously been a newsagent.

Egginton was the first elected Executive Mayor in a new position created after a public referendum following a campaign by Mansfield businessman Stewart Rickersey, who in 2001 mounted a challenge to the local administration after Mansfield District Council indicated its preference for a Leader and Cabinet system after a low-profile consultation which Rickersey deemed to be "flawed".

Mansfield District Council had suggested a preference of a leader of the council (chosen from within the majority political party – Labour) and a chief executive officer.

At 2002 referendum the electorate voted 8,973 in favour (with 7,350 against, 21% turnout) of a change to a system of directly elected mayor with executive powers (instead of a leader) and a managing director (instead of a CEO).

Rickersey then mounted a high-profile campaign entitled Independent Mayor4Mansfield, revealing his nominee Tony Egginton's identity following initial confidentiality during the referendum stages.

Following Egginton's successful election to mayor, Rickersey then recruited many local election candidates to challenge Labour's traditional domination at the May 2003 local elections, winning control with 25 seats consisting of mostly new and inexperienced councillors.

Ultimately these banded together under the name of Mansfield Independent Forum – registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission in 2005, although with members still remaining notionally independent of one another. Egginton formed his Cabinet mostly of MIF members including Rickersey as Portfolio Holder for Corporate Issues.