Angela Eagle | |
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Shadow First Secretary of State | |
In office 13 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Hilary Benn (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Emily Thornberry (2017) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
In office 13 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Chuka Umunna |
Succeeded by | Jon Trickett |
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 13 September 2015 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
Preceded by | Hilary Benn |
Succeeded by | Chris Bryant |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Liam Byrne |
Succeeded by | Rachel Reeves |
Minister for Pensions and Ageing Society | |
In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Rosie Winterton |
Succeeded by | Steve Webb |
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 29 June 2007 – 8 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Phillip Oppenheim (1997) |
Succeeded by | Kitty Ussher |
Member of Parliament for Wallasey | |
Assumed office 9 April 1992 | |
Preceded by | Lynda Chalker |
Majority | 16,348 (37.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | 17 February 1961
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Maria Exall |
Relations | Maria Eagle (sister) |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Website | Official website |
Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since the 1992 general election.[1]
Eagle is openly lesbian. She came out in a newspaper interview in September 1997.[2][3]