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Rayner was born and raised in [[Stockport]], where she attended the [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] [[Stockport Academy|Avondale School]]. She left school aged 16 whilst pregnant and without any qualifications. She later trained in [[Social care in England|social care]] at [[Stockport College]] and worked for the local council as a [[care work]]er. She eventually became a [[Union representative|trade union representative]] within [[Unison (trade union)|Unison]], during which time she joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. Selected to contest [[Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashton{{nbh}}under{{nbh}}Lyne]] in 2014 and elected for the seat at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Rayner was appointed [[Department for Work and Pensions|Shadow Minister for Pensions]] by [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in January 2016. She was promoted in July 2016 to the [[Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn|Shadow Cabinet]] as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Education]] and [[Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities]]. As Shadow Education Secretary, she [[Proposed National Education Service|proposed the creation of a National Education Service]] modelled on the [[National Health Service]] (NHS).
Following Corbyn's resignation after the party lost the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Rayner endorsed [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]] in the [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2020 Labour Party leadership election]], who came second to [[Keir Starmer]]. She then successfully [[2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election|stood for the deputy leadership]], after which she was appointed [[Shadow First Secretary of State]]. Rayner was also appointed [[Chair of the Labour Party (UK)|party chair]] and national campaign coordinator but was removed from these roles in a [[2021 Shadow Cabinet reshuffle|reshuffle]] following Labour's poor performance at the [[2021 United Kingdom local elections|2021 local elections]], subsequently being appointed [[Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work. She was appointed Shadow Deputy Prime Minister in a [[2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle|2023 reshuffle]], and was also appointed Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary and Strategic Lead for Labour's New Deal. Following the release of the prediction made in the joint broadcasters exit poll at 10pm on polling day for the 2024 general election, it is expected that Rayner will become the next [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
==Early life and career==
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