Angela Eagle

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Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State 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
Succeeded by	Kitty Ussher
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office 11 June 2001 – 28 May 2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Mike O'Brien
Succeeded by	The Lord Filkin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
In office 28 July 1998 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Keith Bradley
Succeeded by	Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office 6 May 1997 – 28 July 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Alan Meale
Member of Parliament for Wallasey
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 April 1992
Preceded by	Lynda Chalker
Majority	18,322 (39.4%)
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2015–2016	Shadow First Secretary of State
2015–2016	Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2011–2015	Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2010–2011	Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-17) 17 February 1961 (age 63) Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Maria Exall
Relatives	Maria Eagle (sister)
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford (BA)
Signature
Website	www.angelaeagle.co.uk

Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992. Eagle was born in Yorkshire and studied PPE at the University of Oxford, before working for the CBI and then a trade union.

Eagle served as the Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was elected to the Shadow Cabinet in October 2010 and was appointed by Ed Miliband to be Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.^[1][2]

In October 2011, she was appointed Shadow Leader of the House of Commons when Miliband reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet. She was appointed as both Shadow First Secretary of State and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in September 2015 in Jeremy Corbyn's first Shadow Cabinet. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in June 2016. Eagle announced a leadership challenge to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on 11 July 2016, but eight days later she withdrew leaving Owen Smith to challenge Corbyn for the leadership.^[3]