Maria Eagle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maria Eagle
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1961(1961-02-17)
Age	63
Birthplace	Bridlington
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Maria Eagle Biography

Maria Eagle is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 17, 1961 in Bridlington, England, United Kingdom. Maria Eagle, born 17 February 1961, is a British Labour Party politician. She is currently the Member of Parliament (MP), Garston and Halewood and was previously Shadow Secretary of State, Culture, Media, and Sport.

Eagle delivered her maiden speech in 1997. She was elected to the Public Accounts Committee. In 1999, she was made the Parliamentary Private Secretary of John Hutton, the Minister of State at Department of Health.

Her proposed ban on mink fur farming was defeated as a Private Member’s Bill but subsequently picked up by the government and enacted as the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000.

She was promoted to the Tony Blair government following the 2001 general election as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. After the 2005 general election, she was the Minister for Children at the Department for Education and Skills, until the May 2006 reshuffle moved her to Northern Ireland, where she was minister for Employment and Learning.

Eagle was born in Bridlington (East Riding of Yorkshire) to Shirley Kirk, a factory worker, as well as Andre Eagle, a printer. After completing her education at St Peter’s Church of England school in Formby, and Formby high school, she attended Pembroke College in Oxford where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in 1983.

Maria Eagle Net Worth

Maria Eagle is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maria Eagle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eagle joined the Labour Party and was elected secretary of Crosby Constituency Labour Party (CLP), for two years in 1983. She was also elected campaigns organiser for that CLP for three consecutive years in 1993. At the 1992 general elections, she contested the Crosby seat and lost to Malcolm Thornton, the Conservative MP.

From 1983 to 1990 she worked in the voluntary sector. In 1990 she attended the College of Law in London where she completed her law finals. She then joined Brian Thompson & Partners as an articled clerk in Liverpool in 1990. She became a solicitor at Goldsmith Williams in Liverpool in 1992, and then a solicitor at Stephen Irving & Co in Liverpool. This was where she remained until she was elected to Westminster.

For the following election in 1997, Eagle was selected through an all-women shortlist to stand for Labour in Garston, Merseyside. She was elected to the House of Commons with a majority of 18,417 and remains an MP, now for Garston and Halewood, following boundary changes in 2010.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Maria Eagle height Not available right now. Maria weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Maria Eagle Dating?

According to our records, Maria Eagle is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Maria Eagle’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Maria Eagle. You may help us to build the dating records for Maria Eagle!

Eagle was nominated for the Stonewall Politician of the Year Award in 2008 for her work to support equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. She was given a score of 93% in favour of lesbian, gay and bisexual equality by Stonewall. On 5 February 2013 Eagle voted in favour in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on marriage equality in Britain.

Facts & Trivia

Maria Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Maria Eagle celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

Eagle was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in September 2015 by the newly elected Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Eagle said she was surprised by her appointment as she disagrees with Corbyn’s advocacy of unilateral nuclear disarmament and supports of the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Tasked with leading Labour’s defence review, she said that she would not rule out the possibility that it might recommend unilateral disarmament, but described Corbyn’s comments that he would not countenance using a nuclear deterrent as “unhelpful” to the policy process. In January 2016, she was moved to the position of Shadow Culture Secretary. She resigned from the shadow cabinet on 27 June 2016 in the mass resignation of the Shadow Cabinet following the Brexit referendum. She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election. She is a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel.

Top Facts about Maria Eagle

1. Maria Eagle is a British Labour politician.
2. She was born on February 17, 1961.
3. Eagle has been an MP since 1997.
4. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
5. Eagle also held the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.
6. In 2015, she ran for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party but lost to Tom Watson.
7. Eagle supports LGBT rights and women’s reproductive rights.
8. She voted against the Iraq War in 2003.
9. Eagle has spoken out against cuts to public services and austerity measures.
10. She represents the Garston and Halewood constituency in Liverpool, England.

Who is Angela Eagle sister?

Maria Eagle

Who is the Liverpool MP?

Daniel Joseph Carden (born 28 October 1986) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton since 2017.

Who is the MP for Knowsley?

Sir George Edward Howarth (born 29 June 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley.

Who is the MP for Speke?

Liverpool MPs Garston and Halewood Constituency – Maria Eagle MP, Labour Party – Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ. Tel: 0151 448 1167.

Are Maria Eagle and Angela Eagle related?

A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Garston and Halewood, previously Liverpool Garston, since 1997. The twin sister of Angela Eagle, also a Labour MP, Eagle was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire to a working-class family and raised in Merseyside.