Angela Rayner’s voting in Parliament

Angela Rayner is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Angela Rayner sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Angela Rayner generally voted for higher taxes on banks, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Angela Rayner generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Angela Rayner’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Angela Rayner’s full vote analysis page for more.

Angela Rayner

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Teachers: First Aid 26 Jun 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on mental health first aid training for teachers.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Teachers: First Aid 26 Jun 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department plans to make available for mental health first aid training for all school teachers by the end of the Parliament in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupils: Disadvantaged 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students attending (a) comprehensive and (b) grammar schools in England are within each decile of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index.

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Profile

Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @angelarayner

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Angela Rayner campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department for Transport
• Schools: Finance
• Academies
• Railways: North of England
• Pupils: Disadvantaged
• Occupational Pensions

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Education (since 27 Jun 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (27 Jun 2016 to 6 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (7 Jan 2016 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 7 Jan 2016)
• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Heyes
• Robert Sheldon
• Hervey Rhodes
• William Jowitt
• Fred Simpson
• John Broadbent
• Albert Bellamy
• Cornelius Homan
• Walter De Frece
• Albert Stanley
• Max Aitken
• Alfred Scott
• Herbert Whiteley
• John Addison
• Hugh Mason
• Thomas Mellor
• Thomas Gibson
• Charles Hindley
• George Williams

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (9 out of 14)

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Angela Rayner’s speeches
• Has received answers to 68 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 73 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Angela Rayner’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 74 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)