UK Parliament · member 4527
Helen Whately MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Member for this seat since
- 7 May 2015
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Helen Whately, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Michael Hintz - £5,000.00 (registered 21 July 2026)
- Benjamin Tansey - £3,000.00 (registered 30 June 2026)
- Richard Oldfield - £7,500.00 (registered 25 March 2026)
- Lord Michael Farmer - £5,000.00 (registered 25 March 2026)
- Edward Sells - £10,000.00 (registered 24 February 2026)
- Edward Garton Woods - £5,000.00 (registered 21 January 2026)
- Lord (Stanley) Fink - £5,000.00 (registered 14 January 2026)
- Richard Oldfield - £7,500.00 (registered 5 January 2026)
Miscellaneous
- My husband, Marcus Whately, is Chief Executive of GrowUp Farms, a salad producer. (registered 17 September 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 405 recorded divisions where Helen Whately and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Helen Whately voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 404 times (99.8%).
This compares Helen Whately with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£2,450 across 1 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Chesson | Individual | 1 | £2,450 | 2025-04-25 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £22,443 across 59 claim lines; 2024-25: £269,216 across 143 claim lines; 2023-24: £244,741 across 141 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 44 | £18,042 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 15 | £4,401 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £225,228 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 21 | £25,665 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 111 | £14,931 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £2,955 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £437 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £198,260 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 31 | £23,745 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 99 | £19,065 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £2,550 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 5 | £1,121 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2021 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | DHL PARCEL UK | £100 | Paid |
| 12 February 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON.CO.UK [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 12 January 2019 | Accommodation · Gas | Gas expenses Apr 18 - Jan 19 — Gas for constituency home | £100 | Paid |
| 6 February 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — HP INC HP.COM STORE UK | £99 | Paid |
| 7 January 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — HP INC UK LIMITED | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2023 | MP Travel · Taxi | Aggregated figure for travel during 2022-23 | £98 | Paid |
| 17 September 2024 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Utilities- June-Sept 24 | £98 | Paid |
| 17 September 2023 | Office Costs · Software & applications | MAILCHIMP | £97 | Paid |
| 31 March 2021 | Dependant Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2020-21 | £97 | Paid |
| 24 January 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | DROPBOX | £96 | Paid |
| 21 April 2017 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | HW Payment Card Apr 2017 — LANGFORD PRINTERS LTD | £96 | Paid |
| 11 April 2017 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | HW Payment Card Apr 2017 — LANGFORD PRINTERS LTD | £96 | Paid |
| 2 May 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | DROPBOX [***] | £96 | Paid |
| 24 January 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | DROPBOX | £96 | Paid |
| 2 May 2024 | Office Costs · Software & applications | DROPBOX [***] | £96 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
558 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (2017 to 2023), Department of Health and Social Care. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.