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