Rt Hon Maria Eagle, MP for Liverpool Garston
Maria Eagle has been an MP since 1997.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (also in Government Equalities Office) (Ministry of Justice) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Minister of State (Government Equalities Office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) (Government Equalities Office) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Government Equalities office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) (Government Equalities Office) | 2008 to 2009 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2007 to 2009 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (Northern Ireland Office) | 2006 to 2007 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Children and Families) (Department for Education and Skills) | 2005 to 2006 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2001 to 2005 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2010 to 2013 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Government Equalities Office) | 2010 | |
| Shadow Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) | 2010 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 2025 | |
| Victims and Prisoners Bill | 2023 | |
| National Security Bill | 2022 | |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 2022 to 2024 | |
| British Sign Language Bill | 2022 | |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 2021 | |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 2021 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 2021 | |
| Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Justice Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 1997 to 1999 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Maria Eagle.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Maria Eagle asked 28 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
20 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Maria Eagle represents Liverpool Garston. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Maria Eagle won with 58% of the votes, and Kiera Hubbard (Reform UK) came second with 10%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Eagle | Labour | 24,510 | 58.4% |
| Kiera Hubbard | Reform UK | 4,406 | 10.5% |
| Sam Gorst | Liverpool Community Independents | 3,294 | 7.8% |
| John Hyland | Liberal Democrat | 3,239 | 7.7% |
| Daniel Bowman | Conservative | 2,943 | 7.0% |
| Muryam Sheikh | Green Party | 2,816 | 6.7% |
| Alan Tormey | Liberal | 401 | 1.0% |
| Jane Lawrence | Independent | 272 | 0.6% |
| Frank Sweeney | Workers Revolutionary Party | 112 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Maria Eagle took part in 195 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Maria Eagle voted the same way as their party in 193 of the 193 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this