| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable Councillor |
| Jo White | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw |
| Predecessor: | Brendan Clarke-Smith |
| Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
| Majority: | 5,768 (12.9%) |
| Office1: | Member of Bassetlaw District Council for Worksop East |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | John Scott |
| Birth Name: | Joanna Ruth White |
| Birth Place: | Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Party: | Labour |
| Alma Mater: | University of Manchester |
Joanna Ruth White (born 1964) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw since 2024.
White was born in 1964 in Stamford, Lincolnshire.[1] She has an identical twin, Deb Davies, who was elected as a Labour councillor in Newport, Wales in 2012.[2]
White studied at the University of Manchester, where she was General Secretary of the Students' Union.[3]
White was office manager for her husband John Mann, the Bassetlaw MP from 2003 to 2019.[4] She served as chair of the Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party.[5] She was a member of Unite the Union's executive for over a decade.[6]
White was first elected as a Member of Bassetlaw District Council for Worksop East in 2012.[7] She was appointed as the executive member for regeneration in 2013 and became Deputy Leader in 2015.
White was elected as MP for Bassetlaw at the 2024 general election, defeating incumbent Conservative Brendan Clarke-Smith.[8] [9]
White married John Mann in 1986, with whom she has three children.[10] [11] A former Labour member was convicted for harassment against White, including mailing her a dead bird.[12] [13]