Helen Whately MP
Conservative
Faversham and Mid Kent
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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.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£40,000
6 registered interests published in 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
£40,000
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£69,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Faversham and Mid Kent
current
2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30
Faversham and Mid Kent
Party history
2015-05-07 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-26 → 2024-07-05
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2021-09-16 → 2022-07-07
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-16
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2019-09-10 → 2020-02-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Opposition posts
2024-11-05 → present
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2024-07-08 → 2024-11-05
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Committee memberships
2022-10-25 → 2022-11-08
Health and Social Care Committee
2015-07-08 → 2017-05-03
Health and Social Care Committee
2019-02-27 → 2019-11-06
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee)
2021-11-30 → 2022-10-17
Public Accounts Committee
2021-12-08 → 2022-01-11
Finance (No.2) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
helen.whately.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 6472 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 6472 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Website
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