About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Helen Whately) represents you, and all of the people who live in Faversham and Mid Kent, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary and recent speeches.
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• Find out more about Faversham and Mid Kent on the Local Intelligence Hub.

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Ceidwadwyr MP ar gyfer Faversham and Mid Kent

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 8 Mai 2015 — Etholiad cyffredinol

• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @helen_whately
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Helen Whately campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries
• Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
• Employment Schemes: Finance
• Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
• Agriculture: Land

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 5 Tach 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Secretary of State for Transport ( 8 Gor 2024 to 5 Tach 2024)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (26 Hyd 2022 to 5 Gor 2024)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (25 Hyd 2022 to 8 Tach 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Rha 2021 to 11 Ion 2022)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (30 Tach 2021 to 17 Hyd 2022)
• The Exchequer Secretary (16 Med 2021 to 7 Gor 2022)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (13 Chw 2020 to 16 Med 2021)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (10 Med 2019 to 13 Chw 2020)
• Deputy Chair, Conservative Party (17 Ebr 2019 to 10 Med 2019)
• Member, Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee) (27 Chw 2019 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party (27 Gor 2018 to 17 Ebr 2019)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 8 Gor 2015 to 3 Mai 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Hugh Robertson
• Andrew Rowe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Children and Social Work Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 20 Jun 2025

  Agricultural Land (Planning) Bill: Second Reading – Helen Whately. Private Members' Bills

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fruit: Import Controls 21 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) consult and (b) inform businesses importing fruit from non-EU countries of changes to (i) inspection regimes and (ii) risk categorisation; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on ensuring that policy changes do not result in (A) unanticipated...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Pension Credit 14 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of pensioners who are eligible for Pension Credit but not claiming it.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Helen Whately

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