Angela Rayner

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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
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
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 (1980-03-28) 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
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]

1. ↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
2. ↑ 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. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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.