Angela Rayner Facts for Kids

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
Junior portfolios



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 28 March 1980 (aged 46) 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

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.

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]

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 MP (crop)
Official cabinet portrait of Angela Rayner

Notes

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

References

↑ Carey, Adam. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities becomes Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government again. Local Government Lawyer (9 July 2024). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000537.
↑ correspondent, Kate Proctor Political (2020-01-06). "'We must win or die': Angela Rayner stands for deputy Labour leader" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/06/angela-rayner-launches-campaign-to-become-deputy-labour-leader. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
↑ Moss, Stephen (28 July 2017). "Labour's Angela Rayner: 'Ideology never put food on my table'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/28/angela-rayner-shadow-education-secretary-interview. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
↑ Proctor, Kate (6 January 2020). Angela Rayner: I'm a socialist but not a 'Corbynite'. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/06/angela-rayner-launches-campaign-to-become-deputy-labour-leader. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
↑ Whannel, Kate (5 September 2025). "Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat". BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80gr5emk43o.