Helen Whately
MP since 7 May 2015
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Helen Whately is the Conservative MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
1989
Votes Cast
£269,510
Expenses 2024-25
1,469
Majority
31.8%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£269,510
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 46,594 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
465
Written Questions
0
Oral Questions
62
Debates Spoken In⚑
155
Speeches⚑
413
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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1989 votes — page 3 of 80
2 AYE2 NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
King's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
4 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
8 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
8 votes · 21 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(7)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Edward Sells
£10,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
£10,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Edward Sells
£10,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
- Name of donor
- Edward Sells
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £10,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 24 February 2026
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Richard Oldfield
£7,500 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
£7,500
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Richard Oldfield
£7,500 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
- Name of donor
- Richard Oldfield
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £7,500 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 5 January 2026
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (Stanley) Fink
£5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
£5,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Lord (Stanley) Fink
£5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
- Name of donor
- Lord (Stanley) Fink
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist the work of the Shadow Secretary of State.
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 14 January 2026
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Edward Garton Woods
£5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
£5,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Edward Garton Woods
£5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
- Name of donor
- Edward Garton Woods
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £5,000 financial support towards the cost of salary for a member of staff to assist my work as a Shadow Secretary of State.
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 21 January 2026
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Richard Chesson
Sponsorship of the Unsung Heroes Awards including promotional signage, hospitality for the prize giving ceremony and prizes for the winners (exact amount)
25 April 2025 to 15 May 2025
£2,450
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Richard Chesson
Sponsorship of the Unsung Heroes Awards including promotional signage, hospitality for the prize giving ceremony and prizes for the winners (exact amount)
25 April 2025 to 15 May 2025
- Name of donor
- Richard Chesson
- Address of donor
- private
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Sponsorship of the Unsung Heroes Awards including promotional signage, hospitality for the prize giving ceremony and prizes for the winners (exact amount), value £2,450
- Date received
- 25 April 2025 to 15 May 2025
- Date accepted
- 25 April 2025
- Donor status
- individual
Registered 22 May 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Helen in Parliament
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit had (a) five, (b) six, (c) seven, (d), eight, (e) nine and (f) 10 or more children since November 2018.
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the value of Access to Work claims waiting to be processed.
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process Access to Work claims once an invoice had been submitted in each of the last 12 months.
Child Tax Credit: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Tax Credit claimants have been moved onto Universal Credit.
Child Tax Credit: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Tax Credit claimants were moved onto Universal Credit in each year since 2020.
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the number of outstanding Access to Work applications was in each of the last 12 months.
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department for Health and Social Care's press release entitled Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the s
High Speed 1 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report commissioned by the Office of Rail and Road entitled Temple Mills Depot – Independent Capacity Assessment 2025, published on 3
Social Security Benefits: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the debate on the Report stage of th
Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will not fall into long term economic inactivity due to funding announced in the Spring Sta
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