Angela Rayner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Oliver Dowden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Michael Gove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 4 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Tom Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | David Heyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Angela Bowen 28 March 1980 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) |
Mark Rayner
(m. 2010; sep. 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic partner | Sam Tarry (2022–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Stockport College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www |
Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024. She also has been the Deputy Leader of the Opposition since 2020. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015.[1] She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Secretary of State for Education and in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer.
In January 2020, Rayner announced her candidacy for Labour Deputy Leader in the 2020 deputy leadership election, which she won.[2]
Rayner identifies as a socialist.[3][4]
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