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.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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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
• https://facebook.com/hwhately

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Department for Transport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Department of Health
• Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
• Mental Illness: Surveys
• Roads: Kent
• Social Services
• Care Workers: Career Development

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 (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)
• 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)
• 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: Westminster Hall 10 Dec 2024

  Impact of Cleve Hill Solar Park on communities in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency – Helen Whately. Westminster Hall debate; 11:00 am – 11:30 am

• Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Employment Rights Bill 5 Dec 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on levels of (a) employment, (b) unemployment and (c) economic inactivity.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Connect to Work 5 Dec 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Connect to Work programme will be implemented in 2025, in the context of its predecessor programme being planned for 2024; and if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the timing of this rollout on the number of people who will be supported into work by the end of 2025.

More of Helen Whately’s recent appearances

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