Angela Eagle, MP

Shadow First Secretary of State and Shadow Business Secretary

Famously told by David Cameron to ‘calm down, dear’ in the House of Commons in 2011, Angela Eagle has retained her place in the shadow cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn and is a popular substitute for the party leader at Prime Minister’s Questions. Eagle stood for the deputy leadership of the party, losing out to Tom Watson, and as shadow business secretary she is charged with winning the backing of businesses for Labour. Eagle defeated a Conservative incumbent to become MP for Wallasey in 1992. She is an accomplished chess player and her twin sister, Maria, also sits in the shadow cabinet, as shadow secretary for culture, media and sport.

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