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Who is Labour’s new deputy leader Angela Rayner?


ANGELA Rayner has become Labour’s new deputy leader after the party’s leadership election last night.

The 39-year-old former Shadow Secretary of State for Education will serve alongside new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

 Angela Rayner is Labour's new deputy leader
Angela Rayner is Labour’s new deputy leaderCredit: PA:Press Association/PA Images

Who is Angela Rayner?

Angela Rayner was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester on March 28 1980.

She is the youngest person to be the shadow education secretary, at the age of 36.

Mrs Rayner went to Avondale School, but left aged 16 when she became pregnant, without any qualifications.

She later studied part time at Stockport College, and qualified as a social care worker.

She then joined Unison because of the conditions she saw during the decade she worked for in that profession.

Mrs Rayner was once under fire for bullying a shopkeeper and misusing Commons notepaper, when she failed to get a special edition of Star Wars high heels.

 Angela alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who will now make way for Keir Starmer
Angela alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who will now make way for Keir StarmerCredit: PA:Press Association/PA Images

When did she join the Labour Party?

Mrs Rayner joined the Labour Party in 2014, an MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.

Jeremy Corbyn appointed her to the position of the shadow secretary for education in 2016.

She was then elected deputy leader this morning alongside new Labour leader Keir Starmer.

Rayner posted her acceptance speech on Twitter earlier today, where she thanked voters for their support.

She is currently recovering from the coronavirus at home after testing positive.

Is she married with children?

Mrs Rayner married her husband Mark, a Union official in 2010.

The pair now have three children.

She had her firstborn Ryan at the age of 16 and once said that she “felt she was worthless”.

Mrs Rayner responded to Boris Johnson’s ill-comments of single mothers, saying: “I think it’s absolutely disgusting. I remember people like that making those comments about me.

“I might be the shadow education secretary, but inside I’m that 16-year-old that didn’t think I was worth anything. And people like him make women who are already vulnerable feel that they’re the problem. They’re not the problem.”

Mrs Rayner became a grandma at the age of 37, and called herself “Grangela”.

 Mrs Rayner became a grandma at the age of 37, and called herself "Grangela"
Mrs Rayner became a grandma at the age of 37, and called herself “Grangela”Credit: PA:Press Association/PA Images





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