At a glanceJo White is a Labour MP for Bassetlaw, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 471 votes in Commons divisions (82% attendance), tabled 58 written questions and registered 6 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Jo White did not vote in 104. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Health Bill Committee since 11 Jun 2026
- Home Affairs Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Bassetlaw Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 462 of 462 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 455 of 455 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 454 of 454 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 454 of 454 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 448 of 448 shared votes
Votes least like
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 328 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 284 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 275 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 152 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 345 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP3
- Tritax Big Box REIT plc - £5,000.00 (registered 27 Jul 2025)
- Bawtry Farms Ltd - £5,000.00 (registered 19 Jul 2025)
- Palace Yard Events Ltd - £32,000.00 (registered 16 Jul 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- The Football Association Ltd - £750.00 (registered 16 May 2026)
- Hull Trains Company Limited - £1,634.40 (registered 20 Aug 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- 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.) (registered 22 Feb 2026)
Written questions
HMP Ranby: Roads
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on road safety outside HM Prison Ranby.
Answer · 30 Jun 2026
Our thoughts are with the family of Philip Tetley, who tragically died on 1 December last year, on his way to work as a tutor at HMP Ranby. The road safety issue is being addressed urgently at local level. HMP Ranby is working closely with Nottinghamshir...
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of future governance arrangements for Charter Trustee areas; and whether he plans to bring forward legislation to establis
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
During local government reorganisation, Charter Trustees are a longstanding mechanism that may be established in unparished areas to preserve historical rights. They are dissolved when the Charter Trustee area becomes wholly comprised in one or more paris...
Railways: Bassetlaw
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that open access rail services continue to be available in Bassetlaw constituency.
Answer · 26 Mar 2026
We are clear that there will remain a role for are Open Access on the reformed railway. Existing Open Access operators will be able to continue their operations in line with existing access contracts, serving constituencies such as Bassetlaw.
Climate Change: Brazil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on the eligibility of CPR Verde credits for corresponding adjustments under the Paris Agreement.
Answer · 24 Mar 2026
Corresponding adjustments are a form of carbon accounting that stop carbon credits from being counted towards more than one target. They are mandatory under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement when countries trade carbon credits to support achievement of nat...
Environment Protection: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what role UK Export Financing plays in supporting British firms with environmental credit investments.
Answer · 20 Mar 2026
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has not supported any environmental credit investments to date.UKEF supports clean growth exports and has included a clean growth and transition objective in its Business Plan for 2024-2029, which will seek to position UK exporter...
Environment Protection: Brazil
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is considering establishing a formal UK–Brazil Green Trade Corridor to support legal certainty for environmental credit investments.
Answer · 26 Mar 2026
HMG recognises the importance of Green Corridors in demonstrating clean maritime technologies and laying the foundation for widespread decarbonisation. We are focussed on delivering this change through the International Maritime Organization and domestic ...
Carbon Emissions and Nature Conservation: Brazil
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions the UK–Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee has had on cooperation on nature markets and carbon finance.
Answer · 20 Mar 2026
The UK-Brazil Joint Agricultural Committee, led by Defra, engages in discussions relating to sustainable agriculture. Recent discussions have covered topics including green fertiliser partnerships and collaboration on agricultural technologies. The UK and...
Environmental Land Management Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of landscape models combining 70% environmental preservation with 30% productive agricultural land, such as CPR Verde, as a too
Answer · 23 Mar 2026
Defra has made no assessment of such landscape models. Defra’s revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the Land Use Framework (LUF) set out how the Government will accelerate progress towards Environment Act targets over the next five years and h...
Early day motions
| 15 Jul 2026 | Retford Town Hall | 2 sig. |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Foster care system | 6 sig. |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Balance disorders | 3 sig. |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Legal routes for refugees | 2 sig. |
| 20 Jan 2026 | V11 footballers | 2 sig. |
| 27 Oct 2025 | National Memorial for armed forces veterans who lost their lives in Northern Ireland | 7 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I refer the House to my entry on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I have grave concerns about the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire proposal, under which there will be an extreme deficit of a predicted nearly £150 million. Most o…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
I will be blunt: my constituents have lost faith in the asylum system. Under the previous Government, they watched borders slide out of control, criminal gangs profit and taxpayers face ever-rising costs while hotel use spiralled. Fairness…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
Does my right hon. Friend agree that these agreements have come about through partnership working with our European partners, and that this has been a central part of the negotiations? There is a unity of purpose among other European count…
30 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Ranby Prison in my constituency is undergoing a £70 million expansion. The main prison car park is across the very busy A620 road. On 1 December last year, prison officer Phillip Tetley was knocked down and killed as he crossed the road to…
24 Jun 2026 Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
My mum was a midwife, and as a child I lived vicariously the life on a maternity ward. She worked to the very highest standards possible, and used to come home and talk to me about sloppy standards, falling standards and insensitivity. Wha…
22 Jun 2026 British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
May I take this opportunity to reassure those BCSSS members that, whoever is the next Prime Minister, this issue will continue to be the No. 1 issue for most of my colleagues and the Members here today?
22 Jun 2026 British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
When I was elected nearly two years ago, the very first person to contact me was a BCSSS member. There are about 750 BCSSS members in my constituency, and the campaign has certainly been part of my heart ever since I was elected. I know th…
18 Jun 2026 Health Bill (Third sitting)
We all know how important our NHS is to the people we represent. I know how frustrated patients and staff have become after years of rising waiting lists, cancelled appointments and growing bureaucracy. Since coming into office, this Labou…
17 Jun 2026 High Street Shops: Illicit Activity
I totally agree with my hon. Friend. I strongly believe that such businesses are money-laundering fronts. There needs to be close police scrutiny of them, and greater partnership with other authorities to monitor those shops and shut them …
17 Jun 2026 High Street Shops: Illicit Activity
I welcome your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing the debate. The Home Affairs Committee, of which I am a member, is currently investigating organised crime on our high stre…
16 Jun 2026 Health Bill (Second sitting)
Q You are speaking with tremendous passion and I can tell that you see this as an opportunity to make the NHS function far better. You mentioned at the very beginning that it took eight months to make the announcement that you were going …
16 Jun 2026 Health Bill (Second sitting)
I was talking about bed-blocking in hospitals and how neighbourhood health plans can work more cohesively with hospital trusts. Councillor Wright: I think we can answer this together. The whole point of neighbourhood health is to bring …
16 Jun 2026 Health Bill (Second sitting)
Q One of the concerns of my local healthcare trust is around the release of elderly patients into the community, as it finds that relations with the ICB are sometimes difficult. How can neighbourhood health plans work well and cohesively …
10 Jun 2026 Belfast: Violent Disorder
I thank the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for her urgent question. People in this House and beyond, including from Moscow, are whipping up hate and disorder in our country, and what happened last night in Northe…
2 Jun 2026 Milburn Review: Interim Report
I have just had a group of year 8 pupils visit me in Parliament, and many of their questions were about the increasing numbers of young people on benefits, AI sweeping away jobs, and new opportunities and training for young people. The red…
18 May 2026 Audiology Services: Doncaster
I am concerned about the link between loss of hearing and dementia. If somebody who is experiencing hearing loss goes down that horrible path of dementia and loss of memory, the lack of communication can spiral and make their condition exp…
18 May 2026 Audiology Services: Doncaster
I thank my hon. Friend for bringing this debate to the House. It is not just Doncaster that is impacted by this issue, because Doncaster and Bassetlaw teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust stretches right across Bassetlaw. I have had sim…
21 Apr 2026 Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review Body
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) for securing this very important parliamentary debate. NHS wheelchair services across En…
20 Apr 2026 Topical Questions
I welcome the Government’s announcement that there will be eight Best Start family hubs across Bassetlaw—including in Manton, Retford, West Bassetlaw, the Oasis community centre, Hallcroft, Harworth and Bircotes, and Misterton. That is the…
15 Apr 2026 Engagements
Q5. At a previous session of Prime Minister’s questions, I was promised a meeting with the Prime Minister for me and Arsenal hero Michael Thomas. We are still waiting, and I cannot back down. Not only have working-class footballers and o…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 12 Feb 2025 – 18 Mar 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
01909 212171
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
The Crossing Church & Centre, Newcastle Street, Worksop, S80 2AT
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Jo White, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Jo White?
Jo White is a Member of Parliament representing Bassetlaw in the House of Commons. See Jo White's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Jo White represent?
Jo White sits as Labour. See Jo White's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Jo White represent?
Jo White is the Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw. See Jo White's official Parliament profile.
How long has Jo White been an MP?
Jo White has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Jo White's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Jo White?
Jo White has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Jo White's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.