She endorsed Rebecca Long-Bailey in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, who came second to Keir Starmer, then successfully stood for the deputy leadership, after which she was appointed as party chair and national campaign coordinator. As Shadow Education Secretary, she proposed the creation of a National Education Service modelled on the National Health Service (NHS). Rayner was promoted in July 2016 to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. Selected to contest Ashton‑under‑Lyne in 2014 and elected for the seat at the 2015 general election, she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Pensions by Jeremy Corbyn in January 2016. She eventually became a trade union representative within Unison, during which time she joined the Labour Party. She later trained in social care at Stockport College and worked for the local council as a care worker. She left school aged 16 whilst pregnant and without any qualifications.
Rayner was born and raised in Stockport, where she attended the state secondary Avondale School. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She has been Shadow First Secretary of State, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Angela Rayner ( née Bowen born 28 March 1980) is a British politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work since 2021.
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