Rt Hon Angela Rayner, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne
Angela Rayner has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government; Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Deputy Prime Minister (HM Official Opposition) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work (HM Official Opposition) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| National campaign co-ordinator (HM Official Opposition) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition (HM Official Opposition) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (Government Equalities Office) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education (Department for Education) | 2016 to 2020 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2016 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2026 to now | Now |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2015 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Party Chair, Labour Party | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | 2020 to 2025 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Angela Rayner has 33 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings | Media - Global Media Group Services Limited | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 24 July 2026 - £2,400.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Humaiyra Jewellery Ltd - £10,000.00 | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Signum Global Advisors LLP - £20,000.00 | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 22 June 2026 - £21,250.00 | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 22 June 2026 - £20,000.00 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | 89UP Ltd - £1,137.60 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - The Mouradian Foundation Limited | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 18 June 2026 - £5,000.00 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | 89UP Ltd - £1,137.60 | 24 Jun 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | 89UP Ltd - £10,238.40 | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 May 2026 - £76,500.00 | 21 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing a book - William Morris Endeavour Entertainment (UK) Limited | 21 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Greer - £5,000.00 | 19 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Soha Riyadh Tawfiq Alsadek - £25,000.00 | 11 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Refrigeration House Limited - £50,000.00 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Ashley Mitchell - £25,000.00 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £20,000.00 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 20 March 2026 - £10,000.00 | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Signum Global Advisors LLP | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Chartwell Speakers | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 March 2026 - £10,000.00 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Refrigeration House Limited - £50,000.00 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - JLA Speakers Ltd | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Trevor Chinn - £2,500.00 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 February 2026 - £19,000.00 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Martin Littler - £5,000.00 | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Greer - £5,000.00 | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Richard Greer - £5,000.00 | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Trevor Chinn - £2,500.00 | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of The Office of Angela Rayner Limited (A limited company by guarantee with no shares or shareholders). This is an unpaid role. | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Refrigeration House Limited - £50,000.00 | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Martin Littler - £5,000.00 | 5 Jan 2026 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Angela Rayner has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
32 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Angela Rayner represents Ashton-under-Lyne. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Angela Rayner won with 44% of the votes, and Robert Barrowcliffe (Reform UK) came second with 25%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Rayner | Labour | 15,575 | 43.9% |
| Robert Barrowcliffe | Reform UK | 8,784 | 24.8% |
| Lizzie Hacking | Conservative | 4,375 | 12.3% |
| Aroma Hassan | Workers Party of Britain | 2,835 | 8.0% |
| Lee Huntbach | Green Party | 2,481 | 7.0% |
| Dominic Hardwick | Liberal Democrat | 1,411 | 4.0% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Angela Rayner took part in 185 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Angela Rayner voted the same way as their party in 184 of the 184 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this