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Embattled Angela Rayner dallied with the Liberal Democrats in her early career – yet later declared that the Labour movement 'has been a family to me throughout my life'.
Labour Deputy Leader Ms Rayner, 44, who is under police investigation over revelations in The Mail on Sunday about her two-homes living arrangements, had a flirtation with the Lib Dems who were the dominant power on Stockport Council in her local area.
They nominated her for two council-appointed school governorships in 2004 and 2005.
Documents unearthed by this newspaper show the nominations were in her maiden name Angela Bowen and linked to her address at Vicarage Road – the former council house she says was her principal home until 2015, despite neighbours saying she moved out in 2009.
Ms Rayner, who says she welcomes the police probe and denies wrongdoing, rose quickly in Labour after becoming MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. In her 2021 party conference speech, she declared: 'Our movement has been a family to me throughout my life.'
Labour Deputy Leader Ms Rayner (pictured at of Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday), 44, who is under police investigation over revelations in The Mail on Sunday about her two-homes living arrangements, had a flirtation with the Lib Dems who were the dominant power on Stockport Council in her local area
Last night Ms Rayner denied ever belonging to the Lib Dems. Pictured: Ms Rayner in her constituency office in 2016
Police are investigating whether she was living at her husband's home on Lowndes Lane (pictured) between 2009 and 2015 and was therefore liable for capital gains tax on the 2015 sale of the Vicarage Road house
Last night Ms Rayner denied ever belonging to the Lib Dems.
