About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Helen Whately) represents you, and all of the people who live in Faversham and Mid Kent, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @helen_whately
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Helen Whately campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries
• Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
• Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
• Employment Schemes: Finance
• Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 5 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Transport ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (26 Oct 2022 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (25 Oct 2022 to 8 Nov 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (30 Nov 2021 to 17 Oct 2022)
• The Exchequer Secretary (16 Sep 2021 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (10 Sep 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Deputy Chair, Conservative Party (17 Apr 2019 to 10 Sep 2019)
• Member, Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee) (27 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party (27 Jul 2018 to 17 Apr 2019)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Hugh Robertson
• Andrew Rowe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Children and Social Work Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 11 Jul 2025

  Agricultural Land (Planning) Bill: Second Reading – Helen Whately. Private Members' Bills

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefit: Migrants 16 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their claim rejected for (a) Universal Credit, (b) the State Pension and (c) other public funds due to having a no recourse to public funds condition in each year since 2020.

More of Helen Whately’s recent appearances