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
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
Hugh Robertson
Majority
21,976 (43.6%)[2]
Personal details
Born
Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood
(1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 47) Norwich, Norfolk, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Marcus Whately
(m. 2005)
Children
3
Education
Westminster School
Alma mater
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Website
helenwhately.org.uk
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately[3] (néeLightwood;[4] born 23 June 1976) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Social Care since October 2022, and previously from 2020 to 2021.[5][6] She also served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent since 2015.
Whately was appointed Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party by Theresa May in 2019, and was retained in the position by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson. She served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism from September 2019 to February 2020. In the 2020 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson moved her to the post of Minister of State for Social Care. Whately was the Social Care Minister during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson moved her to the post of Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, serving under Chancellor Rishi Sunak. In July 2022, she resigned from the position in protest at Johnson's leadership amid a government crisis. She served on the backbenches during Liz Truss's tenure as Prime Minister, before returning to her former role of Social Care Minister in October 2022 under Sunak.
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^"Faversham & Mid Kent". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 December 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.
^"Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^"Minister of State (Minister for Social Care) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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