Angela Eagle

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(Politician)
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Born17 February 1961
Bridlington, England
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
SpouseMaria Exall
Member ofLabour Friends of Israel
PartyLabour

Employment.png Shadow First Secretary of State

In office
13 September 2015 - 27 June 2016

Employment.png Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
7 October 2011 - 13 September 2015
Preceded byHilary Benn

Employment.png Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
8 October 2010 - 7 October 2011
BossEd Balls
Preceded byLiam Byrne
Succeeded byRachel Reeves

Employment.png Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
29 June 2007 - 8 June 2009

Angela Eagle is Labour Party MP for Wallasey, where she was first elected in 1992.

She was Pensions Minister for a year under Gordon Brown, and was made Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2010 under Ed Miliband.[1]

Angela Eagle is one of twins, and was born 15 minutes apart from sister Maria. The pair became the first twin sisters to sit on the Government front bench in parliamentary history.[2]

Angela Eagle was made Shadow Business Secretary by Jeremy Corbyn, after his election as Labour leader in September 2015. Also, acting as Shadow First Minister, she would deputise for Corbyn whenever Chancellor George Osborne deputised for David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions.[3]

She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 27 June 2016 in a bid to unseat Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition.[4]

Asked, as she left home on 30 June 2016, if she was launching a rumoured leadership bid, Ms Eagle said:

"I will be saying something later today."

But a source close to her has told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg:

"Jeremy Corbyn still has time to do the right thing."

The source said Ms Eagle will challenge him if necessary but hopes that he will go of his own accord.[5]

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