Maria Eagle (born 17 February1961, Bridlington) is a British politician and lawyer. She is Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston, and is a member of the Labour Party. She entered Parliament in the 1997 election and was appointed to serve as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions. Following her re-election in the 2005 general election, she was appointed to the Department for Education and Skills as Minister of State Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bridlington beach, from the North Pier Map sources for Bridlington at grid reference TA178669 Bridlington is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Liverpool Garston is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... The governing Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, was looking to secure a third consecutive term in office and to retain a large majority. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ...
She is the twin sister of Angela Eagle MP. Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961, Bridlington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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The Labour Party - Liverpool Garston official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Maria Eagle MP
MariaEagle (born 17 February1961) British politician and solicitor.
Eagle was born in Bridlington, North Yorkshire, the daughter of a printworker, she was educated at St Peter's Church of England School in Formby and the Formby High School, before attending Pembroke College, Oxford where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1983.
Eagle was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election at Liverpool Garston following the retirement of the veteran Labour MP Edward Loyden.
Eagle was first elected in the 1992 election when she defeated the Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign Office Lynda Chalker by 3,809 votes, and has remained an MP since.
She was joined in the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election by her identical twin sister, MariaEagle, thus probably becoming the first set of twins to sit in the House, but certainly the first set of twin sisters.
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