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Helen Whately

MP for Faversham and Mid Kent (Conservative).

Membership

  • MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative (5 July 2024 – now)
  • MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative (13 December 2019 – 30 May 2024)
  • MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative (9 June 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative (8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017)

Roles

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (5 November 2024 – now)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024)
  • Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (26 October 2022 – 5 July 2024)
  • The Exchequer Secretary (16 September 2021 – 7 July 2022)
  • Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (10 September 2019 – 13 February 2020)
  • Deputy Chair, Conservative Party (17 April 2019 – 10 September 2019)
  • Vice-Chair, Conservative Party (27 July 2018 – 17 April 2019)

Faversham and Mid Kent: 2024 general election: majority 1,469 (3.2%).

Faversham and Mid Kent: 2019 general election: majority 21,976 (43.6%); 2017 general election: majority 17,413 (35.0%); 2015 general election: majority 16,652 (36.4%).