Angela Eagle

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Angela Eagle (2009)

Angela Eagle (born February 17, 1961 in Bridlington ) is a British politician and member of the House of Commons ( Labor ).

Life

After 18 years of relationship, she entered into a registered partnership with Maria Exall in September 2008 , making her the first member of parliament in a same-sex partnership after MPs Ben Bradshaw and David Borrow . Already in September 1997, shortly after the election, Eagle had in an interview with the British weekly The Observer her coming-out .

Since 1997, her twin sister Maria Eagle has also been a member of the Labor Party in the House of Commons . The only other pair of twins in the House of Commons besides the two are Sylvia Heal and Ann Keen .

politics

Eagle first moved to the House of Commons as a member of parliament in 1992 , and was re-elected in subsequent general elections. She represents the constituency of Wallasey around the town of Wallasey . In June 2007, she was by Gordon Brown as Secretary of the Treasury ( Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury appointed) in the government.

In 2003, Eagle supported the course of the Labor government under Tony Blair and voted for Britain to participate in the Iraq war . She repeatedly refused to investigate the US-led invasion. She supports the introduction of tuition fees, data retention and the British nuclear weapons program Trident . In 2015 she was one of the Labor MPs who did not vote against the social cuts by the Conservative government.

Since September 2015, Angela Eagle has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Shadow First Minister in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet . In this capacity she represented Corbyn in his absence in parliament. On June 27, 2016, Eagle resigned. On July 11, 2016, Eagle announced her candidacy for the office of chairman of the Labor Party. You want to challenge incumbent chairman Jeremy Corbyn in a primary election. On the evening of July 19, 2016, she announced the withdrawal from her candidacy after it became apparent that she had fewer supporters in the Labor parliamentary group than her competitor Owen Smith . She wanted to support Smith against Corbyn in the upcoming vote.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Treasury Minister becomes first lesbian MP to hold a civil partnership ceremony , pinknews.co.uk, September 27, 2008
  2. ↑ Jon Stone: What does Angela Eagle believe? Her voting record from Iraq to welfare cuts to the NHS. The Independent , July 10, 2016, accessed July 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Peter Walker: Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet in full , The Guardian , September 14, 2015, accessed September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Rajeev Syal, Frances Perraudin: Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying. The Guardian , June 27, 2016, accessed June 27, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Power struggle with Labor: MP Eagle challenges party leader Corbyn. Spiegel Online , July 11, 2016, accessed July 12, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Angela Eagle drops out of the Labor leader race. BBC News, July 19, 2016, accessed July 20, 2016 .

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SURNAME Eagle, Angela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridlington