Helen Whately

Helen Whately

MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State
for Work and Pensions
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byMel Stride
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office
8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byLouise Haigh
Succeeded byGareth Bacon
Minister of State for Social Care
In office
26 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byRobert Jenrick
Succeeded byStephen Kinnock
In office
13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byCaroline Dinenage
Succeeded byGillian Keegan
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
16 September 2021 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Succeeded byAlan Mak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
In office
10 September 2019[1] – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byRebecca Pow
Succeeded byNigel Huddleston
Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party
In office
17 April 2019 – 10 September 2019
LeaderTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byJames Cleverly
Succeeded byPaul Scully
Member of Parliament
for Faversham and Mid Kent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byHugh Robertson
Majority1,469 (3.2%)
Personal details
Born
Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood

(1976-06-23) 23 June 1976
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Marcus Whately
​
(m. 2005)​
Children3
ResidenceLondon, England
Faversham, Kent, England
EducationWestminster School
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Websitehelenwhately.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.
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