Angela Rayner

The Right Honourable Angela Rayner
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 Shadow Minister 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 (aged 45) 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 {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} 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. 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. Rayner identifies as a socialist. Angela Rayner Media Rayner speaking at the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election hustings in Bristol Rayner appointed as Deputy Prime Minister by Keir Starmer, 5 July 2024 The Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meets the First Minister of Scotland John Swinney (53925222223) Rayner visiting a homelessness support charity in Edinburgh, 16 August 2024 Rayner with Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar, 5 September 2024 Rayner with regional mayors, 10 October 2024 Official portrait of Angela Rayner. New crop from Official portrait of Angela Rayner.jpg with the same dimensions as Official portrait of Angela Rayner crop 2.jpg but showing Rayner larger in the frame, in order to more closely match the crops of portraits of other MPs. Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP (crop) Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP References