Helen Whately

Helen Whately MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2024
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Mel Stride
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Louise Haigh
Succeeded by	Gareth Bacon
Minister of State for Social Care
In office 26 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Robert Jenrick
Succeeded by	Stephen Kinnock
In office 13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Caroline Dinenage
Succeeded by	Gillian Keegan
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office 16 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Kemi Badenoch
Succeeded by	Alan Mak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
In office 10 September 2019[1] – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Rebecca Pow
Succeeded by	Nigel Huddleston
Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party
In office 17 April 2019 – 10 September 2019
Leader	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	James Cleverly
Succeeded by	Paul Scully
Member of Parliament for Faversham and Mid Kent
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Hugh Robertson
Majority	1,469 (3.2%)
Personal details
Born	Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood (1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 48) Norwich, Norfolk, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Marcus Whately ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	3
Residence	London, England Faversham, Kent, England
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Website	helenwhately.org.uk

Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately^[2] (née Lightwood;^[3] born 23 June 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015. Whately has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport since July 2024.^[4]

She was the Minister of State for Social Care from October 2022 to July 2024. She was in this role before from 2020 to 2021.^[5][6] She also was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.

References

1. "Helen Whately MP". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9123.
3. "Whately". The Telegraph. 3 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
4. "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
5. "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
6. "Minister of State (Minister for Social Care) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-03.