Helen Whately, the Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, was first elected in May 2015 and is relatively long-serving compared to her peers, ranking 118th among all active MPs for length of service and 41st within her party. She has cast 249 votes from 575 eligible divisions, achieving a participation rate of 43.30% and ranking 454th overall among MPs and 72nd within the Conservative party, while contributing 284 debate contributions across 112 debates and ranking 412th overall. Her debate contributions on welfare, benefits, employment and workers' rights topics considerably outrank her voting participation, representing a notable divergence between the two forms of parliamentary activity. Within her 2015 cohort of MPs, she ranks 41st in voting participation but 34th in debate contributions.

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