Angela Rayner
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Angela Rayner is a British politician and trade unionist who has been Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2025, and as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from July 2024 until her resignation in September 2025. Ideologically she identifies as a socialist and as part of Labour's soft left.
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- Monarch
- Charles III
- Prime minister
- Keir Starmer
- Preceded by
- Oliver Dowden
- Succeeded by
- David Lammy
- Leader
- Keir Starmer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angela
- Family name
- Bowen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stockport
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Position held
- Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- BBC 100 Women
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Official website
- www.angelarayner.co.uk
- Image
- Official portrait of Angela Rayner MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
- Work location
- London
- Political ideology
- social democracy
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- date of birth
- 1980-03-28
- name in native language
- Angela Rayner
- Commons category
- Angela Rayner
- social media followers
- 362792
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- Angela Rayner
- unmarried partner
- Sam Tarry
- described at URL
- www.politico.eu/person/angela-rayner
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- political alignment
- centre-left
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Encyclopedic overview
Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015 Preceded byDavid Heyes Majority6,791 (19.1%)
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