Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992.

[9] She studied philosophy, politics and economics at St John's College, Oxford, graduating from the university with a second-class Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983.

[19] 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".

"[20] 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.

[22][23] In April 2011, Eagle was put down in the House of Commons by Prime Minister David Cameron when he used Michael Winner's catchphrase "Calm down, dear".

[27] In June 2012, Eagle criticised Take That singer Gary Barlow in the House of Commons following newspaper allegations of tax avoidance made against him.

[33][34] In November 2024, Eagle voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.

[39][40] Eagle was nominated by 32 Constituency Labour Parties and trade unions UNISON,[41] CWU, TSSA, and UCATT[41] and received joint support from Unite for her and fellow candidate Tom Watson.

"[48] 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 harm her bid against Corbyn,[49][50] Gary Younge of The Guardian thought it was less clear what Eagle wanted in place of Corbyn's politics.

[52] 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.

[55] This did not take place as the NEC decided to suspend all Labour constituency party meetings during the leadership election.

[59] The day following her declaration 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.

[60] It emerged on 21 July that the police had advised Eagle not to hold any open constituency surgeries over fears for her safety, advice which she has agreed to follow with regret.

According to an internal party report, "[t]he 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".

[67] In September 2008, Eagle entered into a civil partnership with Maria Exall[68][69] who is also involved in the Labour Party through the National Committee.

[71] Eagle was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for parliamentary and political service.