Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 until 2025. She was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2025. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015.^[2] She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Secretary of State for Education and in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer.

The Right Honourable Angela Rayner MP
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Oliver Dowden
Succeeded by	David Lammy
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government[a]
In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Michael Gove
Succeeded by	Steve Reed
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office 4 April 2020 – 5 September 2025
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Tom Watson
Succeeded by	TBD
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 Senior portfolios 2020–2024 Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2023–2024 Deputy Prime Minister 2023–2024 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2021–2023 Duchy of Lancaster & Cabinet Office 2021–2023 Future of Work 2020–2023 First Secretary of State 2016–2020 Education Junior portfolios 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
Majority	6,791 (19.1%)
Personal details
Born	Angela Bowen (1980-03-28) 28 March 1980 (age 45) Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Mark Rayner ​ ​ (m. 2010; sep. 2020)​
Domestic partner	Neil Batty (1995–2005) Sam Tarry (2022-2023)
Children	3
Residence	Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Hove, East Sussex
Education	Avondale High School
Alma mater	Stockport College
Signature	File:Angela Rayner Signature.png
Website	www.angelarayner.co.uk

In January 2020, Rayner announced her candidacy for Labour Deputy Leader in the 2020 deputy leadership election, which she won.^[3]

Rayner identifies as a socialist.^[4][5]

On 5 September 2025, Rayner resigned from her ministerial position and as the deputy prime minister, and as leader of the party, following the prime minister's ethics adviser, Laurie Magnus, finding that she had broke the ministerial code in relation to her failure to pay the correct amount of tax on one of her properties.^[6]

Notes

1. Known as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities until 9 July 2024.^[1]