Helen Whately
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 7 May 2015
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 70%
- Debates contributed to
- 124
- Registered interests
- 11
- Declared value
- £45,391
Record last updated 6 Nov 2026
Helen Whately is the Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024. She is in the longest serving 25% of MPs, having first been elected in May 2015. Whately has cast 439 votes from 627 eligible divisions, giving her a participation rate of 70%, and has made 300 contributions across 124 debates, with her top debate topics being Welfare & Benefits, Employment & Workers Rights, and Pensions.
Summary generated on 06/11/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
439 / 627
70.02%
Ranked #360 of 655 MPs (45th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
124 / 12880
300 total contributions
Ranked #427 of 655 MPs (35th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
11
£45,390.50
Ranked #172 of 655 MPs (74th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Helen Whately is the Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Constituencies
- Faversham and Mid Kent May 2015 – present · 4 terms
Posts held
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Nov 2024 – present · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Jul 2024 – Nov 2024 · Opposition
- Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Oct 2022 – Jul 2024
- Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
- Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Feb 2020 – Sep 2021
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Sep 2019 – Feb 2020