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|office = [[Shadow First Secretary of State]]
|office = Shadow First Secretary of State
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|1blankname = Shadowing
|1namedata = [[George Osborne]]
|1namedata = George Osborne
|leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
|leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
|term_start = 13 September 2015
|term_start = 13 September 2015
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|predecessor = [[Hilary Benn]] {{small|(Acting)}}
|predecessor = [[Hilary Benn]] {{small|(Acting)}}
|successor = [[Emily Thornberry]] {{small|(2017)}}
|successor = [[Emily Thornberry]] {{small|(2017)}}
|office1 = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]
|office1 = Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
|leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
|leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
|term_start1 = 13 September 2015
|term_start1 = 13 September 2015
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|predecessor1 = [[Chuka Umunna]]
|predecessor1 = [[Chuka Umunna]]
|successor1 = [[Jon Trickett]]
|successor1 = [[Jon Trickett]]
|office2 = [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]]
|office2 = Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
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|leader2 = [[Edward Miliband]]<br>[[Harriet Harman]] {{small|(Acting)}}
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|term_start2 = 7 October 2011
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|term_end2 = 13 September 2015
|predecessor2 = [[Hilary Benn]]
|predecessor2 = [[Hilary Benn]]
|successor2 = [[Chris Bryant]]
|successor2 = [[Chris Bryant]]
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|office3 = Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
|leader3 = [[Ed Miliband]]
|leader3 = [[Edward Miliband]]
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|term_start3 = 8 October 2010
|term_end3 = 7 October 2011
|term_end3 = 7 October 2011
|predecessor3 = [[Liam Byrne]]
|predecessor3 = [[Liam Byrne]]
|successor3 = [[Rachel Reeves]]
|successor3 = [[Rachel Reeves]]
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|office4 = Minister for Pensions and Ageing Society
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|primeminister4 = Gordon Brown
|term_start4 = 8 June 2009
|term_start4 = 8 June 2009
|term_end4 = 11 May 2010
|term_end4 = 11 May 2010
|predecessor4 = [[Rosie Winterton]]
|predecessor4 = [[Rosie Winterton]]
|successor4 = [[Steve Webb]]
|successor4 = [[Steve Webb]]
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|office5 = Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
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|term_end5 = 8 June 2009
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|predecessor5 = Phillip Oppenheim {{small|(1997)}}
|successor5 = [[Kitty Ussher]]
|successor5 = Kitty Ussher
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'''Angela Eagle''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 17 February 1961) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]] who has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallasey]] since the [[United Kingdom general election, 1992|1992 general election]]. Eagle was born in Yorkshire and studied [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics|PPE]] at Oxford University, before working for the [[Confederation of British Industry|CBI]] and then a trade union.
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Eagle served as the [[Minister of State]] for [[Department for Work and Pensions|Pensions and Ageing Society]] from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 2010|elected to the Shadow Cabinet]] in October 2010 and was appointed by [[Ed Miliband]] to be [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet-election |title=Shadow Cabinet Election Results |publisher=Labour Party|date= 7 October 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006141847/http://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet-election|archivedate=6 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11499638 |title=Shadow Cabinet Positions |publisher=BBC News |date=8 October 2010 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009044744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11499638 |archivedate=9 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


'''Angela Eagle''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 17 February 1961) has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Wallasey]] since the 1992 general election.
In October 2011, she was appointed [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] when Miliband reshuffled [[Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband|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 [[Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn|first Shadow Cabinet]]. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in June 2016. Eagle announced a [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016|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.<ref name="Grice">{{cite news |last=Grice |first=Andrew |date=19 July 2016 |title=Labour leadership election: Angela Eagle pulls out of contest to allow Owen Smith straight run at Jeremy Corbyn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-pulls-out-labour-leadership-election-owen-smith-jeremy-corbyn-a7145021.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London, UK |access-date=19 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720185705/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-pulls-out-labour-leadership-election-owen-smith-jeremy-corbyn-a7145021.html |archivedate=20 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Eagle is the twin sister of fellow Labour MP [[Maria Eagle]].


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 Edward Miliband to be Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
==Education and early employment==
Eagle was born in [[Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], the daughter of Shirley (Kirk), a factory worker, and André Eagle, a print worker.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angelaeagle.co.uk/bio |title=Bio - Angela Eagle MP |publisher=Angelaeagle.co.uk |date=17 February 1961 |accessdate=12 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702083306/http://www.angelaeagle.co.uk/bio |archivedate=2 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bwC2rhYKYUC&pg=PT7&dq=%22Shirley+Kirk+was+the+only%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5KPaqe3NAhXEWj4KHUKSBhUQ6AEIEzAA |title=Westminster Women - L McDougall, Linda McDougall |publisher=Books.google.ca |date=31 January 2012 |accessdate=12 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217234413/https://books.google.com/books?id=7bwC2rhYKYUC&pg=PT7&dq=%22Shirley+Kirk+was+the+only%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5KPaqe3NAhXEWj4KHUKSBhUQ6AEIEzAA |archivedate=17 December 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was educated at St. Peter's C of E Primary School and [[Formby High School]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Geraldine|last=Bedell|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-s-top-woman-angela-eagle-on-a-journey-through-labour-a6731846.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn’s top woman: Angela Eagle on a journey through Labour|date=14 November 2015|work=The Independent|accessdate=12 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426163314/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-s-top-woman-angela-eagle-on-a-journey-through-labour-a6731846.html|archivedate=26 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She read [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] at [[St John's College, Oxford]], graduating from the university with a second-class [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bachelor of Arts degree |work=Sunday Times |date=12 April 1992}}</ref> While at Oxford, she was also chairwoman of the Oxford University [[Fabian Society]] during 1980–1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/angela-eagle-mp/ |title=Angela Eagle MP Labour MP and Patron of the BHA |publisher=Humanism.org.uk |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=4 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624055132/https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/angela-eagle-mp/ |archivedate=24 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1976, Eagle was joint winner of the British Girls' Under-18 chess championship.<ref name=times-20160425>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/redbox/topic/new-mps-2015-government/stephen-kinnock-i-hate-losing-being-in-opposition-is-frustrating-and-ill-campaign-for-a-second-referendum-if-britain-votes-leave |title=Stephen Kinnock on hating to lose, getting Corbyn to tell jokes and giving journalists a kicking |first=Stephen |last=Kinnock |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=25 April 2016 |archiveurl=http://www.stephenkinnock.co.uk/stephen_kinnock_on_hating_to_lose_getting_corbyn_to_tell_jokes_and_giving_journalists_a_kicking |archivedate=25 April 2016}}</ref>


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.
In 1984 she worked in the economic directorate of the [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI), before joining the [[Confederation of Health Service Employees]] (COHSE) trade union where she held a number of positions. She was elected secretary for the [[Constituency Labour Party]] in [[Peckham]] for two years from 1989.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==


===Backbencher and first period as government minister===
===Backbencher and first period as government minister===
Eagle was first elected to parliament as [[Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|member for Wallasey]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1992|1992 election]], defeating by 3,809 votes the Conservative Minister for Overseas Development at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] [[Lynda Chalker]]. Allegations were made about irregularities in her selection as parliamentary candidate, including the exclusion of a local favourite from the shortlist of candidates, and in the vote count itself.<ref name = "H&M 1992 281">{{cite book |last1= Heffernan |first1= Richard |last2= Marqusee |first2= Mike |authorlink2= Mike Marqusee |year= 1992 |title= Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: Inside Kinnock's Labour Party |location= London and New York, NY |publisher= Verso |page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=Neu7u4OvoDgC&pg=PA281 281] |isbn= 0-86091-561-1 }}</ref>
Eagle was first elected to parliament as member for Wallasey in the 1992 election, defeating by 3,809 votes the Conservative Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign Office Lynda Chalker.


In parliament she became a member of the Employment [[Select Committee (Westminster System)|Select Committee]] in 1994, and was promoted by [[Tony Blair]] in 1996 to the position of an [[Whip (politics)|Opposition Whip]], and became a member of the Blair government following the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]] as the [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State]] at the [[Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions]], moving to the [[Department of Social Security]] in 1998.
In parliament she became a member of the Employment Select Committee in 1994, and was promoted by Tony Blair in 1996 to the position of an Opposition Whip, and became a member of the Blair government following the 1997 general election as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, moving to the Department of Social Security in 1998.


Eagle voted in favour of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and repeatedly against investigating it in 2003, 2006, and 2007.
Following the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]], she was a junior minister at the [[Home Office]] but was sacked by Blair in 2002, reported in error.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crampton|first=Caroline|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/angela-eagle-we-just-have-get-over-it-and-get-it|title=Angela Eagle: "We just have to get over it and get on with it"|work=New Statesman|date=9 June 2015|accessdate=29 November 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510220126/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/angela-eagle-we-just-have-get-over-it-and-get-it|archivedate=10 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bedell|first=Geraldine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-s-top-woman-angela-eagle-on-a-journey-through-labour-a6731846.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn’s top woman: Angela Eagle on a journey through Labour|work=The Independent|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=29 November 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216185158/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-s-top-woman-angela-eagle-on-a-journey-through-labour-a6731846.html|archivedate=16 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was a member of the [[Treasury Select Committee]] after January 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ms-angela-eagle/491|title=Ms Angela Eagle MP|website=Parliament UK|accessdate=29 November 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123230836/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ms-angela-eagle/491|archivedate=23 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Eagle voted in favour of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|U.S.-led invasion of Iraq]] in 2003, and repeatedly against investigating it in 2003, 2006, and 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last= Stone |first= Jon |date= 10 July 2016 |title= What does Angela Eagle believe? Her voting record from Iraq to welfare cuts to the NHS |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-policies-voting-record-iraq-welfare-cuts-vote-syria-trident-tuition-fees-snoop-marriage-a7111696.html |work= The Independent |accessdate= 11 July 2016 |deadurl= no |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160710141822/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-policies-voting-record-iraq-welfare-cuts-vote-syria-trident-tuition-fees-snoop-marriage-a7111696.html |archivedate= 10 July 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>


===Brown government minister===
===Brown government minister===
She returned to the government under [[Gordon Brown]] on 29 June 2007 as [[Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury]], the most junior minister at [[HM Treasury]]. She was promoted to [[Minister of State]] at the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] in the June 2009 reshuffle.
She returned to the government under Gordon Brown on 29 June 2007 as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, the most junior minister at HM Treasury. She was promoted to Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions in the June 2009 reshuffle.

In April 2008 Eagle took part in a debate in Parliament on the UK economy in which the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] tabled a motion suggesting that the country was facing an "extreme [[housing bubble|bubble in the housing market]]" and the "risk of [[recession]]". Eagle responded, "Fortunately for all of us … that colourful and lurid fiction has no real bearing on the macro-economic reality."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3419130/Commons-sketch-Brownite-troops-facing-their-Stalingrad.html |title=Commons sketch: Brownite troops facing their Stalingrad|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date= 10 November 2008}}</ref> A year later [[Jeremy Browne]], who led the original debate, said her comments "summed up the Government's delusional attitude" towards warnings of financial crisis.<ref>{{cite news |title=financial crisis |work=Western Morning News|date= 2 April 2009}}</ref>

===In opposition===
Following [[Ed Miliband]]'s accession to [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Labour Leader]], Eagle was [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 2010|elected]] to his [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|shadow cabinet]], finishing tied 4th in the vote and was subsequently appointed to the [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] briefing, shadowing [[Danny Alexander]].

In April 2011, Eagle was put down in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] by Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] when he used [[Michael Winner]]'s catchphrase "Calm down, dear". Eagle's colleague, [[Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|deputy Labour leader]] [[Harriet Harman]], said: "Women in Britain in the 21st century do not expect to be told to 'calm down, dear' by their Prime Minister", with Labour officials calling for an apology, suggesting the remark was patronising and sexist.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kuenssberg|first1=Laura|title=David Cameron criticised for 'calm down dear' jibe|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13211577|accessdate=19 May 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=27 April 2011|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827120701/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13211577|archivedate=27 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wintour|first1=Patrick|title=Labour fury as David Cameron tells Angela Eagle: 'Calm down, dear'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/27/david-cameron-calm-down-dear|accessdate=19 May 2016|work=The Guardian|date=27 April 2011|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601193348/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/27/david-cameron-calm-down-dear|archivedate=1 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In the October 2011 reshuffle, Eagle became [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8813318/Labour-reshuffle-the-new-shadow-cabinet.html|title=Labour reshuffle: the new shadow cabinet|author=|date=7 October 2011|work=The Daily Telegraph|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925191828/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8813318/Labour-reshuffle-the-new-shadow-cabinet.html|archivedate=25 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In June 2012, Eagle criticised [[Take That]] singer [[Gary Barlow]] in the House of Commons following newspaper allegations of [[tax avoidance]] made against him. Eagle criticised his recent award of the [[OBE]] and claimed in the House of Commons that Barlow had "given a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Take That'," as well as questioning why Prime Minister David Cameron had not criticised Barlow publicly in the same way he had criticised comedian [[Jimmy Carr]] for tax avoidance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18535642 |title=Cameron ducks Gary Barlow tax avoidance question |publisher=BBC News |date=21 June 2012 |accessdate=21 June 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621183233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18535642 |archivedate=21 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In May 2012, Eagle became chair of the Labour Party's [[National Policy Forum]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/may/15/jon-cruddas-labour-policy-review|title=Jon Cruddas to co-ordinate Labour's policy review|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|date=|work=The Guardian|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221153923/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/may/15/jon-cruddas-labour-policy-review|archivedate=21 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and served as chair of the party's [[National Executive Committee]] 2013–14.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labourlist.org/2013/12/is-this-labours-year-of-the-eagle/|title=Is this Labour’s "Year of the Eagle"?|author=|date=|work=LabourList – Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808203306/http://labourlist.org/2013/12/is-this-labours-year-of-the-eagle/|archivedate=8 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Eagle "on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10182/angela_eagle/wallasey|title=Eagle's page on the TheyWorkForYou website|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044012/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10182/angela_eagle/wallasey|archivedate=15 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

====Deputy leadership election====
[[File:Angela Eagle, speaking in 2015.JPG|upright|thumb|Speaking at a [[Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2015|2015 deputy leadership election]] meeting in Bath]]
After the resignation of Miliband and deputy [[Harriet Harman]] following Labour's defeat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]], Eagle stood in the [[Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2015|Labour Party deputy leadership election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Chakelian|first=Anoosh|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/angela-eagle-announces-she-will-stand-be-deputy-labour-leader|title=Angela Eagle announces that she will stand to be deputy Labour leader|work=New Statesman|date=18 May 2015|accessdate=30 July 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707215957/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/angela-eagle-announces-she-will-stand-be-deputy-labour-leader|archivedate=7 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wilkinson|first=Michael|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11680229/Meet-Labours-deputy-leadership-contenders.html|title=Meet Labour's deputy leadership contenders|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=17 June 2015|accessdate=30 July 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827032526/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11680229/Meet-Labours-deputy-leadership-contenders.html|archivedate=27 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Eagle was nominated by 32 [[Constituency Labour Party|Constituency Labour Parties]] and trade unions [[UNISON]],<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wallasey-mp-angela-eagle-secures-9754741|title=Wallasey MP Angela Eagle secures Unison's backing for Labour Party deputy leader campaign|first=Gary|last=Stewart|date=29 July 2015|work=Liverpool Echo|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921211956/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wallasey-mp-angela-eagle-secures-9754741|archivedate=21 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Communication Workers Union (UK)|CWU]],<ref name="sunnation.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.sunnation.co.uk/corbyn-bags-two-more-unions/|title=Corbyn bags two more unions|author=|date=|work=Sun Nation|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120140/http://www.sunnation.co.uk/corbyn-bags-two-more-unions/|archivedate=25 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Transport Salaried Staffs' Association|TSSA]],<ref name="sunnation.co.uk"/> and [[UCATT]]<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk"/> and received joint support from [[Unite the Union|Unite]] for her and fellow candidate [[Tom Watson (Labour politician)|Tom Watson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unite-union-backs-jeremy-corbyn-6006455|title=Unite union backs Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leadership|first=Mikey|last=Smith|date=5 July 2015|work=Daily Mirror|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011234019/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unite-union-backs-jeremy-corbyn-6006455|archivedate=11 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Eagle came fourth to eventual winner Tom Watson, with 16.2% in the first round, and was eliminated in the second round on 17.9% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34221155|title=Labour leadership results in full|publisher=BBC News|date=12 September 2015|accessdate=5 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913022414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34221155|archivedate=13 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

====Corbyn shadow cabinet====
Following the leadership election, Labour Party leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] appointed Eagle as [[Shadow First Secretary of State]] and [[Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills|Shadow Business Secretary]] in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/angela-eagle-misses-out-labour-10049498|title=Angela Eagle misses out on Labour top job as Jeremy Corbyn announces shadow cabinet|first=Liam|last=Murphy|date=14 September 2015|work=Liverpool Echo|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131653/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/angela-eagle-misses-out-labour-10049498|archivedate=25 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Angela Eagle resigned from these positions on 27 June 2016 in the mass resignation of the Shadow Cabinet in the wake of the vote for Leave in the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|EU membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone |author-last1=Syal |author-first=Rajeev |author2-last=Perraudin |author2-first=Frances |title=Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 June 2016 |accessdate=27 June 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722213447/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/labour-shadow-cabinet-resignations-jeremy-corbyn-who-has-gone |archivedate=22 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Eagle had campaigned for the Remain side in the [[2016 EU referendum]].

====Leadership challenge====
{{main|Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2016}}
After the [[Jeremy Corbyn#Vote of no confidence|28 June 2016 vote of no confidence]] by Labour MPs in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, Eagle was reported as considering a challenge for the leadership of the Labour Party, and said she would do so if Corbyn did not resign.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eagle may delay leader bid 'to give Corbyn time to quit' |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36671409 |publisher=BBC News |date=30 June 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630111458/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36671409 |archivedate=30 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=4 July 2016 |title=Labour coup: Angela Eagle goes public with threat to run against Jeremy Corbyn unless he resigns |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/labour-coup-angela-eagle-goes-public-with-threat-to-run-against/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London, UK |access-date=4 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704093555/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/labour-coup-angela-eagle-goes-public-with-threat-to-run-against/ |archivedate=4 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Eagle's Constituency Labour Party in Wallasey were in favour of Corbyn remaining as Party leader and called upon Eagle to support Corbyn as leader.<ref name=hp-20160628>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/angela-eagle-backs-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-motion-of-no-confidence_uk_5772a5d8e4b08d2c563a1dea |title=Angela Eagle's Local Party Has Backed Jeremy Corbyn |first=Paul |last=Waugh |work=Huffington Post |date=28 June 2016 |accessdate=30 June 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629181121/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/angela-eagle-backs-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-motion-of-no-confidence_uk_5772a5d8e4b08d2c563a1dea |archivedate=29 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=wirralglobe-20160629>{{cite news |url=http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/14585110.Angela_Eagle_under_pressure_from_Wallasey_Labour_party_over_Corbyn_vote/ |title=Angela Eagle under pressure from Wallasey Labour party over Corbyn vote |newspaper=Wirral Globe |date=29 June 2016 |accessdate=3 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629170438/http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/14585110.Angela_Eagle_under_pressure_from_Wallasey_Labour_party_over_Corbyn_vote/ |archivedate=29 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Eagle asserted that: "I'm not a Blairite. I'm not a Brownite... I am my own woman, a strong Labour woman."<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Joe |title=Labour leadership: I'm not a Corbynista, I'm my own woman, says Angela Eagle |work=London Evening Standard |date=11 July 2016 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-leadership-im-not-a-corbynista-im-my-own-woman-says-angela-eagle-a3293141.html |accessdate=12 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711145654/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-leadership-im-not-a-corbynista-im-my-own-woman-says-angela-eagle-a3293141.html |archivedate=11 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[George Eaton (journalist)|George Eaton]] of the ''[[New Statesman]]'' reported that backers of the other potential challenger, [[Owen Smith]], contended that Eagle's 2003 vote in support for the [[Iraq War]] and her support for extending airstrikes against ISIS into Syria (in December 2015) might have harm her bid against Corbyn,<ref>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=George|author-link=George Eaton (journalist)|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/06/why-labour-rebels-have-delayed-their-leadership-challenge|title=Why the Labour rebels have delayed their leadership challenge|work=New Statesman|date=30 June 2016|accessdate=3 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703062228/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/06/why-labour-rebels-have-delayed-their-leadership-challenge|archivedate=3 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10182/angela_eagle/wallasey/divisions?policy=1049 |title=Iraq War |publisher=Theyworkforyou.com |date= |accessdate=4 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409101136/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10182/angela_eagle/wallasey/divisions?policy=1049 |archivedate=9 April 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Gary Younge]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' thought it was less clear what Eagle wanted in place of Corbyn's politics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Gary |title=There was not one idea about what she would do |website=The Guardian |date=11 July 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/angela-eagle-jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-leadership-leader |accessdate=12 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711175733/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/angela-eagle-jeremy-corbyn-labour-party-leadership-leader |archivedate=11 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Eagle announced a leadership challenge to Corbyn on 11 July, saying that "Jeremy Corbyn is unable to provide the leadership this huge task needs. I believe I can".<ref name=bbc-20160711>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36761370 |title=Labour leadership: Angela Eagle says she can unite the party |publisher=BBC News |date=11 July 2016 |accessdate=11 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711040722/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36761370 |archivedate=11 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The following day a brick was thrown through a downstairs window at her constituency office address, and it was reported that her staff had stopped answering the telephones because of "abusive" calls. Her local party in Wallasey declared their support for [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as party leader "with an overwhelming majority" and proposed a vote of no-confidence in Eagle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vulliamy |first=Elsa |date=12 July 2016 |title=Angela Eagle leadership bid: Brick thrown through window of MP's constituency office after she challenges Jeremy Corbyn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/angela-eagle-brick-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-challenge-constituency-office-attacked-wallasey-a7132466.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London, UK |access-date=12 July 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713164843/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/angela-eagle-brick-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-challenge-constituency-office-attacked-wallasey-a7132466.html |archivedate=13 July 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> This did not take place as the NEC decided to suspend all Labour constituency party meetings during the leadership election.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fenton|first=Siobhan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-contest-no-confidence-vote-constituency-a7141196.html|title=Angela Eagle dismisses threat of no confidence vote from her own constituency|work=The Independent|date=17 July 2016|accessdate=21 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721235933/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-eagle-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-contest-no-confidence-vote-constituency-a7141196.html|archivedate=21 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Eagle herself received hundreds of abusive and homophobic messages at this time.<ref name="Mason191016">{{cite news|last=Mason|first=Rowena|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/19/angela-eagle-abusive-homophobic-messages-labour-members|title=Angela Eagle received hundreds of homophobic messages from Labour members|work=The Guardian|date=19 October 2016|accessdate=15 November 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115195122/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/19/angela-eagle-abusive-homophobic-messages-labour-members|archivedate=15 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On Tuesday 19 July 2016, Eagle announced she was withdrawing from the leadership election and would back the other candidate opposing Corbyn, Owen Smith, who had received about 20 more nominations from MPs and MEPs than she had. "We need to have a strong and united party so we can be a good opposition, take the fight to the Conservative Government and heal our country. So I am announcing that I will be supporting Owen in that endeavour with all my enthusiasm and might," Eagle said in an interview.<ref name="Grice"/>

With the support of Eagle, Wallasey Constituency Labour Party was suspended on 20 July 2016 over claims of bullying.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-36848945|title=Wallasey Labour Party group suspended over bullying complaints|publisher=BBC News|date=20 July 2016|accessdate=21 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723101445/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-36848945|archivedate=23 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It emerged on 21 July that the police have advised Eagle not to hold any open constituency surgeries over fears for her safety, advice which she has agreed to follow with regret.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Peter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/angela-eagle-stops-walk-in-surgeries-amid-security-concerns|title=Angela Eagle stops walk-in surgeries amid security concerns|work=The Guardian|date=21 July 2016|accessdate=21 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722115649/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/angela-eagle-stops-walk-in-surgeries-amid-security-concerns|archivedate=22 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-labour-eagle-idUKKCN1012A0|title=Police warn Angela Eagle of safety risks|publisher=Reuters|date=21 July 2016|accessdate=21 July 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722132628/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-labour-eagle-idUKKCN1012A0|archivedate=22 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

An internal Labour Party investigation concerning complaints about incidents in Eagle's Constituency Labour Party and other events during her leadership campaign reported in October 2016. It confirmed that she had received homophobic abuse during a CLP annual general meeting earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Dominic|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/19/labour-party-report-confirms-angela-eagle-was-targeted-by-homophobic-abuse/|title=Labour Party report confirms Angela Eagle was targeted by homophobic abuse|work=PinkNews|date=19 October 2016|accessdate=15 November 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015320/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/19/labour-party-report-confirms-angela-eagle-was-targeted-by-homophobic-abuse/|archivedate=16 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> "It’s highly likely that the brick thrown through the window of Angela Eagle’s office was related to her leadership challenge". "The position of the window made it very unlikely that this was" an action of "a random passerby" and it "was directly between two Labour offices". The claim "that the building was occupied by many companies and the window was in an unrelated stairwell" was misleading as "the landlord had a number of companies registered there; in fact the only other occupant is the landlord on the upper floor".<ref name="Mason191016"/>


In April 2008 Eagle took part in a debate in Parliament on the UK economy in which the Liberal Democrats tabled a motion suggesting that the country was facing an "extreme bubble in the housing market" and the "risk of [[recession]]". Eagle responded, "Fortunately for all of us … that colourful and lurid fiction has no real bearing on the macro-economic reality."
Eagle is a member of the [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/mps-%EF%AC%82ock-to-support-labour-israel-group-1.53362|title=MPs flock to support Labour Israel group|publisher=The Jewish Chronicle|date=22 September 2016}}</ref>

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Angela Eagle
MP
Shadow First Secretary of State
In office
13 September 2015 – 27 June 2016
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Shadowing George Osborne
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 Edward 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 Edward 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 23,320 (48.3%)
Personal details
Born (1961-02-17) 17 February 1961 (age 63)
Website Official website


Angela Eagle MP (born 17 February 1961) has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since the 1992 general election.

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 Edward 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.


Parliamentary career

Backbencher and first period as government minister

Eagle was first elected to parliament as member for Wallasey in the 1992 election, defeating by 3,809 votes the Conservative Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign Office Lynda Chalker.

In parliament she became a member of the Employment Select Committee in 1994, and was promoted by Tony Blair in 1996 to the position of an Opposition Whip, and became a member of the Blair government following the 1997 general election as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, moving to the Department of Social Security in 1998.

Eagle voted in favour of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and repeatedly against investigating it in 2003, 2006, and 2007.

Brown government minister

She returned to the government under Gordon Brown on 29 June 2007 as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, the most junior minister at HM Treasury. She was promoted to Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions in the June 2009 reshuffle.

In April 2008 Eagle took part in a debate in Parliament on the UK economy in which the Liberal Democrats tabled a motion suggesting that the country was facing an "extreme bubble in the housing market" and the "risk of recession". Eagle responded, "Fortunately for all of us … that colourful and lurid fiction has no real bearing on the macro-economic reality."

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