Angela Rayner

The Right Honourable

Angela Rayner

MP
The Right Honourable; Angela Rayner; MP
	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
Leader
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
2020–2024
Shadow portfolios
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; 28 March 1980 (age 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	File:Angela Rayner Signature.png
Website	www.angelarayner.co.uk

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.^[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]

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.^[5]

On 20 July 2026, Rayner was appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government by Prime Minister Andy Burnham.^[6] She returned to the same role she had held until September 2025.^[7]

Notes

↑ Office vacant from December 2019 to April 2020.
↑ Office vacant from September to October 2025.

References

↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
↑ 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)
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Whannel, Kate (5 September 2025). "Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat". BBC News.
↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 2026-07-20. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
↑ "Angela Rayner: Labour's working-class warrior bounces back". BBC News. 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-21.

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[1] Office vacant from December 2019 to April 2020.

[2] Office vacant from September to October 2025.

[2015_result-3] "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.

[4] rrespondent, 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)

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[:3-7] Whannel, Kate (5 September 2025). "Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat". BBC News.

[8] "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 2026-07-20. Retrieved 2026-07-20.

[9] "Angela Rayner: Labour's working-class warrior bounces back". BBC News. 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-21.

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