Donelan is the third MP to carry out the role in as many months after Badenoch replaced Nadhim Zahawi in July, when he was appointed business minister in Boris Johnson's reshuffle.
Donelan became an MP for the Conservative Party in Chippenham, in Wiltshire, for the first time in 2015.
Within two months of entering parliament she was elected onto the House of Commons education select committee and remained a member until 2018, when she became a government whip.
During her time as an MP she has voted against lowering the voting age for young people from 18 to 16.
She retains her role as a government whip while covering for Badenoch.
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