Angela Eagle’s voting in Parliament

Angela Eagle is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Angela Eagle sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Angela Eagle generally voted against introducing foundation hospitals, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Angela Eagle’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Angela Eagle’s full vote analysis page for more.

Angela Eagle has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• Business of the House (Today): No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government 16 Jan 2019

  I rise to support this motion of no confidence because at this critical time in our history I believe we have a Government who are incapable of governing, let alone doing so in the national interest. Never have I witnessed in all my 27 years in Parliament a Government as inadequate and incompetent as this one. I have never witnessed a Prime Minister so inept that she has squandered all...

• Business of the House (Today): No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government 16 Jan 2019

  I agree with my hon. Friend. This Government are paralysed, dealing with their own obsessions, not with the real need and crucial policy issues in the country. Yesterday’s defeat on the draft withdrawal agreement was a catastrophic loss of the Prime Minister’s own personal plan to engineer a hard Brexit in the UK, and it was entirely deserved. The Prime Minister has been humiliated by...

• Business of the House (Today): No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government 16 Jan 2019

  I entirely agree, and some of the imbalances caused by that Government in the way our unwritten constitution works need to be addressed. The Prime Minister decided to kowtow to her own Brextremists rather than reach out. She tried to exclude Parliament from the process completely. She triggered article 50 without a plan and then called a general election which shattered her own majority—but...

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Profile

Labour MP for Wallasey

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @angelaeagle
• https://facebook.com/angela4labour

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Angela Eagle campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Health
• Department for Education
• Departmental Redundancy
• Partnership Agreements
• Race Relations
• Pay Audits
• Palliative Care: Children

Currently held offices

• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (since 18 Jul 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (14 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2015 to 16 Sep 2015)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (13 Jul 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (7 Dec 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (7 Oct 2011 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (19 Nov 2007 to 26 Oct 2009)
• The Exchequer Secretary (29 Jun 2007 to 9 Jun 2009)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee (1 Aug 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee (27 Jan 2003 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Member, Treasury Committee (27 Jan 2003 to 6 Nov 2007)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (16 Oct 2002 to 3 Mar 2003)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Home office) (11 Jun 2001 to 28 May 2002)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (28 Jul 1998 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (6 May 1997 to 29 Jul 1998)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (1 Jun 1996 to 1 May 1997)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (28 Nov 1995 to 11 Nov 1996)
• Member, Employment Committee (25 Apr 1994 to 17 Oct 1996)
• Member, Members' Interests Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 8 Nov 1995)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lynda Chalker
• Ernest Marples
• George Reakes
• John Moore-Brabazon
• Robert Chadwick
• Bouverie McDonald

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (23 out of 24)
• Banking Bill Committee (15 out of 17)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Angela Eagle’s speeches
• Has received answers to 149 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76.69% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 95 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Angela Eagle’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1102 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)