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
• Angela Eagle generally voted for university tuition fees, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. 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 occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Mersey Tunnels: Tolls 14 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the review of the Mersey tunnel tolls.

• Exiting the European Union 5 Sep 2016

  Unravelling 40 years of close co-operation within the European Union with now 27 nation states is, as the right hon. Gentleman is learning if he did not know before, a complex issue. Does he intend to give the House some ongoing view of how that is going? Will he provide some assurance on issues such as workers’ rights? Will we keep the principle of equal pay for work of equal value?...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Immigration 5 Sep 2016

  In China, the Prime Minister has unilaterally announced that Britain will not be adopting the points-based system on which the leave campaign put so much emphasis during the referendum, but that we will be doing something more effective. Can the Minister tell us what that is?

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Profile

Labour MP for Wallasey

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

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Health
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Education
• Work and Pensions
• Departmental Redundancy
• Partnership Agreements
• Race Relations
• Pay Audits
• NHS: Pensions

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 Committee (27 Jan 2003 to 6 Nov 2007)
• Member, Treasury Sub-committee (27 Jan 2003 to 11 Jul 2005)
• 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 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Angela Eagle’s speeches
• Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — 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 58.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 50 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 111 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Angela Eagle’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1044 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)