Angela Eagle

Dame Angela Eagle DBE is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Wallasey since 1992. Over her extensive parliamentary career, she has held various ministerial positions, including roles under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and currently serves as Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum as of July 2024. Eagle is recognized for her advocacy on social justice and LGBTQ+ rights, becoming the first openly lesbian MP in the UK in 1997. She entered into a civil partnership with trade unionist Maria Exall in 2008.