Angela Eagle

Dame Angela Eagle
DBE MP
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byMichael Tomlinson (Countering Illegal Migration)
Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society
In office
8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byRosie Winterton
Succeeded bySteve Webb
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
29 June 2007 – 8 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPhillip Oppenheim
Succeeded byKitty Ussher
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office
11 June 2001 – 28 May 2002
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byMike O'Brien
Succeeded byThe Lord Filkin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
In office
28 July 1998 – 7 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byKeith Bradley
Succeeded byMalcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office
6 May 1997 – 28 July 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlan Meale
Member of Parliament
for Wallasey
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 April 1992
Preceded byLynda Chalker
Majority17,996 (42.1%)
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2015–2016Shadow First Secretary of State
2015–2016Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2011–2015Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2010–2011Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Personal details
Born (1961-02-17) 17 February 1961 (age 63)
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour
Domestic partnerMaria Exall
RelativesMaria Eagle (sister)
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford (BA)
Signature
Websitewww.angelaeagle.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

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 has served as Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum since July 2024.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

In October 2011, she was appointed Shadow Leader of the House of Commons when Miliband reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet. She was appointed as both Deputy Leader of the Opposition 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.[5]

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Border Security and Asylum) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Shadow Cabinet Election Results". Labour Party. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Shadow Cabinet Positions". BBC News. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ Grice, Andrew (19 July 2016). "Labour leadership election: Angela Eagle pulls out of contest to allow Owen Smith straight run at Jeremy Corbyn". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.