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Jo White

Labour MP for Bassetlaw, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Jo White is the Labour MP for Bassetlaw, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office).

Scorecard

81.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
482 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
108 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
8 Interests declared 5 at £5,000 or more
103 Debates spoken in 58 written questions tabled

Ranked 146 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No vote 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£7,500

Name of donor: Bawtry Farms Ltd
Address of donor: Serlby Hall, Serlby, Bawtry, Nottinghamshire DN10 6BA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 donation to support the provision of my Summer School for children and young people from Bassetlaw.
Date received: 8 July 2026
Date accepted: 8 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03443510
(Registered 17 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

£32,000

Name of donor: Palace Yard Events Ltd
Address of donor: Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of staff, value £32,000
Date received: 11 June 2025 to 17 July 2026
Date accepted: 11 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 14294995
(Registered 16 July 2025; updated 13 February 2026 and 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: Tritax Big Box REIT plc
Address of donor: 72 Broadwick Street, London, United Kingdom W1F 9QZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for the provision of my Parliamentary Summer School for children and young people from Bassetlaw.
Date received: 16 July 2025
Date accepted: 16 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 08215888
(Registered 27 July 2025; updated 13 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

£7,500

Name of donor: Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Address of donor: Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 2P
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 donation to support the provision of my Summer School for children and young people from Bassetlaw.
Date received: 14 August 2026
Date accepted: 14 August 2026
Donor status: company, registration 06995649
(Registered 9 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

Name of donor: UK Music Limited
Address of donor: UK Music, Work.Life, 33 Foley Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket with hospitality to the 2026 Ivor Novello Awards, value £550
Date received: 21 May 2026
Date accepted: 21 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03245288
(Registered 9 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

£5,152

Name of donor: Hull Trains Company Limited
Address of donor: The Point, 8th Floor, 37 North Wharf Road, London W2 1AF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Approximate cost of 56 rail tickets (Retford to London and return) for students and teachers taking part in my Summer School, value £5,152
Date received: 6 July 2026
Date accepted: 6 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03715410
(Registered 17 July 2026)

On the register since 18 Aug 2026

Name of donor: The Football Association Ltd
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London SW1P 98Q
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets including hospitality to the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Chelsea FC, (value estimated), value £750
Date received: 16 May 2026
Date accepted: 16 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 16 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Elected member of Bassetlaw District Council for Worksop East ward. This is an unpaid role for which I do not receive remuneration. (It was previously registered under Category 1.)
Date interest arose: 4 July 2024
Date interest ended: 14 September 2026
(Registered 22 February 2026; updated 14 September 2026)

On the register since 22 Sep 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

103 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

4 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £49,500 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
8 Jul 2026 Jo White sitting MP Bawtry Farms Ltd Company Non Cash Other £7,500
16 Jul 2025 Jo White sitting MP Tritax Big Box REIT plc Company Non Cash Other £5,000
2 Jul 2025 Jo White sitting MP Bawtry Farms Ltd Company Non Cash Administration services £5,000
11 Jun 2025 Jo White sitting MP Palace Yard Events Ltd Company Non Cash Staff costs £32k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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