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Angela Rayner

1980 - Today

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Angela Rayner (née Bowen; born 28 March 1980) 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. Rayner was born and raised in Stockport, where she attended the comprehensive Avondale School. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Angela Rayner is the 19,040th most popular politician (up from 19,245th in 2024), the 7,112th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,832nd in 2019) and the 718th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Angela Rayner ranks 19,040 out of 19,576Before her are Zoe Lofgren, Per-Kristian Foss, Pete Aguilar, Lene Espersen, Asya Abdullah, and Jaana Pelkonen. After her are Kristina Schröder, Aki Takayama, Ville Niinistö, Theyazin bin Haitham, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Joseph Cao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Angela Rayner ranks 751Before her are François Duval, Adina Pintilie, Rachel Brown-Finnis, Yuki Tsuchihashi, Fredrik Kessiakoff, and Satomi Arai. After her are CC Sabathia, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Joachim Standfest, Sylvain Armand, Roger Mason Jr., and Josh Kelley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Angela Rayner ranks 7,114 out of 8,785Before her are Nina Nesbitt (1994), Glenn Roeder (1955), David Murphy (1984), Kieran Gibbs (1989), Stella Tennant (1970), and Benjamin Wallfisch (1979). After her are Charlotte Dujardin (1985), Michael Wood (1948), Andy Goram (1964), Mark Burke (1969), Rupert Wyatt (1972), and Steve Hodge (1962).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Angela Rayner ranks 718Before her are Ben Wallace (1970), Michael Gove (1967), Penny Mordaunt (1973), Liam Fox (1961), Mark Drakeford (1954), and Geoff Hoon (1953). After her are Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Mo Mowlam (1949), John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (1955), Chris Grayling (1962), Jacqui Smith (1962), and Rachel Reeves (1979).