Angela Eagle

The Right Honourable Dame

Angela Eagle

DBE MP
The Right Honourable Dame; Angela Eagle; DBE MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 July 2026
Prime Minister	Andy Burnham
Preceded by	Emma Reynolds
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Security; Minister of State in the Cabinet Office
	In office; 12 June 2026 – 20 July 2026
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Dan Jarvis
Succeeded by	Dan Jarvis
Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs
	In office; 6 September 2025 – 12 June 2026
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Daniel Zeichner
Succeeded by	Stephen Morgan
Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
	In office; 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Michael Tomlinson (Countering Illegal Migration)
Succeeded by	Alex Norris
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
2015–2016
Shadow portfolios
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2015–2016	First Secretary of State
2015–2016	Business, Innovation and Skills
2011–2015	Leader of the House of Commons
2010–2011	Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Member of Parliament; for Wallasey
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 April 1992
Preceded by	Lynda Chalker
Majority	17,996 (42.1%)
Personal details
Born	17 February 1961 (age 65); Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Maria Exall
Relatives	Maria Eagle (sister)
Education	St John's College, Oxford (BA)

Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since the 1992 general election.^[1] In 2026, she became Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during the government of Andy Burnham.

Eagle is openly lesbian. She came out in a newspaper interview in September 1997.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Shadow Cabinet Positions". BBC News. 8 October 2010.
↑ Moore, Suzanne (11 September 1997). "I need to get things sorted". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ Syal, Rajeev (23 June 2015). "Labour deputy leadership: Angela Eagle calls for more diversity at top of party". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

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[1] "Shadow Cabinet Positions". BBC News. 8 October 2010.

[2] Moore, Suzanne (11 September 1997). "I need to get things sorted". The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

[3] Syal, Rajeev (23 June 2015). "Labour deputy leadership: Angela Eagle calls for more diversity at top of party". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

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