Angela Rayner

The Right Honourable

Angela Rayner

MP
The Right Honourable; Angela Rayner; MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of the; United Kingdom
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Oliver Dowden
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Michael Gove
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 April 2020
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Tom Watson
Leader
Party political offices; 2020–2021
Chair of the Labour Party
	In office; 5 April 2020 – 8 May 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Ian Lavery
Succeeded by	Anneliese Dodds
Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator
	In office; 5 April 2020 – 8 May 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Ian Lavery; Andrew Gwynne
Succeeded by	Shabana Mahmood
2023-2024
Shadow portfolios; 2016–2024
Shadow Secretary of State
2023-2024	Deputy Prime Minister
2023-2024	Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2021–2023	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2021–2023	Future of Work
2020–2023	First Secretary of State
2016–2020	Education
Shadow Minister
2021–2023	Cabinet Office
2016–2016	Women and Equalities
2016–2016	Pensions
Member of Parliament; for Ashton-under-Lyne
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	David Heyes
Personal details
Born	Angela Bowen; 28 March 1980 (age 44); 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
Signature	File:Angela Rayner Signature.png
Website	www.angelarayner.co.uk

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]

↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
↑ correspondent, Kate Proctor Political (2020-01-06). "'We must win or die': Angela Rayner stands for deputy Labour leader". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
↑ Moss, Stephen (28 July 2017). "Labour's Angela Rayner: 'Ideology never put food on my table'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
↑ Proctor, Kate (6 January 2020). "Angela Rayner: I'm a socialist but not a 'Corbynite'". Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[2015_result-1] "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.

[2] rrespondent, Kate Proctor Political (2020-01-06). "'We must win or die': Angela Rayner stands for deputy Labour leader". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-06.

[3] Moss, Stephen (28 July 2017). "Labour's Angela Rayner: 'Ideology never put food on my table'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] Proctor, Kate (6 January 2020). "Angela Rayner: I'm a socialist but not a 'Corbynite'". Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

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