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