Official portrait of Jo White

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

81.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
471 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
104 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
6 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
100 Debates spoken in 58 written questions tabled

Ranked 145 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Aye 247–21

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)

£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

£5,000

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: £5,000 the provision of Jo White MP's Parliamentary Summer School for children and young people from Bassetlaw.
Date received: 2 July 2025
Date accepted: 2 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03443510
(Registered 19 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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

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: 36 rail tickets for Summer School students, value £1,634.40
Date received: 24 July 2025
Date accepted: 24 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03715410
(Registered 20 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

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
(Registered 22 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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