Angela Rayner

The Right Honourable Angela Rayner
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2026
Prime Minister	Andy Burnham
Preceded by	Steve Reed
In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Michael Gove
Succeeded by	Steve Reed
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Monarch	Charles III
Preceded by	Oliver Dowden
Succeeded by	David Lammy
Party political offices Deputy Leader of the Labour Party In office 4 April 2020 – 5 September 2025 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Tom Watson Succeeded by Lucy Powell 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 Senior portfolios Junior portfolios Member of the UK 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, 2025–present) Children 3 Education Stockport College (NVQ) Signature Angela Rayner's signature Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) is a British politician who has been the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2026. She 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. 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. 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. On 20 July 2026, Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. She returned to the same role she had held until September 2025. 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 Rayner with Foreign Secretary David Lammy, US Vice President JD Vance, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Vatican in May 2025. Rayner with Starmer and mayor Andy Burnham in April 2026. 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 portrait of Angela Rayner MP Notes References