Deputy PM Angela Rayner spotted raving in Ibiza superclub with DJ FISHER

30 August 2024, 11:10 | Updated: 30 August 2024, 21:39

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been spotted raving with a top DJ at a superclub in Ibiza.

Video footage shows Ms Rayner dancing enthusiastically in a DJ booth while being cheered on by the crowd at Hi Ibiza, a 5,000-capacity club on the Spanish party island.

Actress and singer Denise van Outen posted the footage on Instagram on Thursday night of the housing minister wearing a red dress that would not be out of place in the House of Commons.

Sir Keir Starmer's number two could be seen singing along to a remix of Gotye's hit song Somebody That I Used to Know.

The 44-year-old jumped up and down as the beat dropped, while Australian house and techno DJ FISHER placed his headphones around her neck and the pair then hugged.

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Van Outen, 50, posted the video as part of a series of Instagram images she captioned: "Including a surprise DJ booth rave up with Angela Rayner."

It is not known how long Ms Rayner is in Ibiza for. She is due back in parliament on Monday when the parliamentary summer recess finishes.

The minister has previously spoken about her love of raving and drinking strong cocktails, as well as her addiction to vaping.

Speaking to comedian Matt Forde at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, she revealed she had just returned from Spain, although it is not clear if it was Ibiza.

"The girls I was raving with are half my age, and I was like 'I'm a grandma'. I was proud of that," she said.

"4pm I started, and I got home at six o'clock in the morning when the sun was shining and I was like, 'Yes, I can do it'."

She said she managed to stay up by drinking vodka.

"You've got to go with the music, the vibes, you've got to be in the moment and it takes you," she added.

Ms Rayner also revealed she makes a "lethal" cocktail at home called Venom, made using a bottle of vodka, a bottle of Southern Comfort, 10 bottles of Blue WKD and a litre of orange juice.

She said "everyone will have a good time" with it and revealed she invited her two youngest children's primary school headteacher over and he had to take his wife home after she had the cocktail.

"One of my local councillors, I found her curled up in the dog's bed with the dog," she added.

The minister said her children call her "The Vape Dragon" because she is addicted to vaping.

Ms Rayner is not the first minister to be spotted enjoying a dance in a club.

Conservative Michael Gove, Cabinet Office minister at the time, was filmed busting some dance moves at a nightclub in Aberdeen in the early hours of the morning in August 2021.

Dressed in a suit with no tie and appearing to be on his own, Mr Gove was spotted on the dancefloor at the Bohemia club as it hosted a techno and jungle night.

The manager said Mr Gove told him: "I love to dance."

The Labour Party has been contacted for a comment.