Helen Whately | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
| 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 – 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 | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Robertson |
| Majority | 1,469 (3.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood 23 June 1976 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 |
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (née Lightwood; 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.
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. She also was Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
