At a glanceMaria Eagle is a Labour MP for Liverpool Garston, and has represented the seat for 29 years, 2 months. They have cast 357 votes in Commons divisions (62% attendance), tabled 2,018 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Maria Eagle did not vote in 218. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Liverpool Garston Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 1 May 1997
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 352 of 352 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 347 of 347 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 346 of 346 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 343 of 343 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 340 of 340 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 171 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.9% · 1 of 116 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 208 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 265 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
1.2% · 3 of 256 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- The Football Association Ltd - £390.00 (registered 15 Aug 2025)
Written questions
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking on frozen state pensions for British citizens living in Canada.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality and are only uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for uprating. This approach has...
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of police officer numbers in England; and what steps she is taking to increase the police workforce.
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
In England, there were 137,520 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers as at 30 September 2025. We are putting officers where the public expects to see them, back on the frontline keeping our communities safe. We are committed to delivering 13,000 addi...
Veterans: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reducing the backlog of veterans' pensions affected by the McCloud remedy, including expected timelines for cases to be resolved.
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
As of 3 July 2026, a total of 98,746 members across the active, deferred, and pensioner cohorts have been issued with their RSSs under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS). There remains 37,890 members who are still awaiting issuance of their RSS. Of th...
Veterans: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce processing times for veterans' claims under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
Answer · 20 Jul 2026
Standard pension claims are generally being processed within published service standards and current performance remains high, with pension payments continuing to be made accurately and on time. The Ministry of Defence continues to work with its pension a...
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring conveyancing laws in England and Wales in line with Scotland.
Answer · 23 Jul 2026
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap which my Department published on 19 June. It can be found on gov.uk here.
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review conveyancing laws in England.
Answer · 23 Jul 2026
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap which my Department published on 19 June. It can be found on gov.uk here.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the home buying process in England and Wales to ensure greater protections for buyers.
Answer · 23 Jul 2026
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap which my Department published on 19 June. It can be found on gov.uk here.
Building Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he PLANS TO launch the call for evidence on Building Regulations 2010 Guidance: Approved Document K (ADK).
Answer · 6 Jul 2026
Officials are working closely with the Building Safety Regulator and plan to publish a Call for Evidence on Part K of the Building Regulations and Approved Document K in due course.
Early day motions
| 22 Jan 2020 | Job losses at Jaguar Land Rover Halewood plant | 19 sig. |
| 11 Jul 2017 | AGEING TYRES ON PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES | 68 sig. |
| 26 Oct 2011 | MOT TESTS | 44 sig. |
| 1 Apr 1998 | ENQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE M.V. DERBYSHIRE | 111 sig. |
| 5 Jun 1997 | CONDUCT OF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR ALDERSHOT | 20 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill
The Conservatives were in power for 14 years and could have introduced the Bill. Why did they not do so?
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill
Before he leaves the Chamber, I say to the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Sir Jeremy Hunt) that I agree very much with what he said about transparency and its importance. He made the point that lawyers are sometimes a problem. Ob…
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill
I think there is widespread welcome in the House for the expansion of legal aid, but does the Minister agree that allowing advocacy for each family only to the first person who manages to apply for it might cause some problems subsequent t…
16 Jun 2026 Draft Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026
Does the hon. Gentleman have any insight into why the previous Government did not follow through and actually implement the regulations they consulted on?
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)
I was looking at the amendment paper this morning. It was probably mistyped, but my copy says that the Secretary of State must introduce a standard template for “ethical conduct of conduct”. Should that be “codes of conduct” or “ethical co…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)
I can understand why Members might feel a certain amount of scepticism about the idea that an obligation to try to remember disappearing messages might be adequate. I do not know how many messages other Committee members send, but I think …
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Having had the chance to have a very quick look at the report being published at 1 o’clock, does my hon. Friend agree that the IOPC has found that the chief constable of South Yorkshire police at the time, the match commander, the deputy m…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
I rise briefly to emphasise some of the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby and urge the Minister to consider whether more can be done in that respect. The lesson of Hillsborough is that the organisations at f…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
Indeed.
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
I know Marie Lyon; I have met her on a number of occasions because I have constituents who are affected. She runs the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests, and she has been the mainstay of the campaign, which has bee…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
I rise to support amendment 1, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden (Yasmin Qureshi), and supported by several other hon. Members, both on the Committee and outside it. The amendment would ensure that the Bil…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Roger. I just want to say a few words on this clause about why the duty of candour and assistance is so important, and why it means so much to Hillsborough families, some of whom…
2 Dec 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
Does the hon. Member accept that matters of party political difference in a political system are not the same as telling the truth about what happened in a disaster or an event? There is a distinction.
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
Q In view of what you have said, do you think that your current powers are adequate? If it were in order for us to put something about your role into the Bill, would you think that your powers ought to be expanded and, if so, in what way?…
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
Q Do you think that the parity of arms, however it is achieved—whether it is bringing down the level of representation of the public authorities or increasing the level of representation of the bereaved families—might make things less adv…
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
Q The original Hillsborough inquests, which were the longest in legal history at the time, in 1990, did not answer the four statutory questions in respect of each and every one of those who died who were the subject of them. They were, in…
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
Q It is very interesting to hear the evidence you have both given. I am interested in not only the parity of arms but the concept of a public authority’s legal representation being necessary and proportionate. We have heard a lot of evide…
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
No, don’t worry. Jenni Hicks: I know from experience and my journey that it was the thing that worked. It just worked. What worked was being able to read the documents. When Bishop James Jones made his report, he pointed it out in his 2…
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
A double apology, indeed. To what extent do you think the Bill would benefit from having some provisions, if they could be fitted into order, about empowering independent panels to do that kind of job? Jenni Hicks: I strongly feel that …
27 Nov 2025 Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)
Q I would like to welcome Jenni and Hilda, who are my constituents, to the Committee. You have both mentioned the importance of getting to the truth fast, and you said, Jenni, that it was only the Hillsborough independent panel, over two …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) · Ministry of Defence 8 Jul 2024 – 6 Sep 2025
- Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (also in Government Equalities Office) · Ministry of Justice 9 Jun 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Minister of State (Government Equalities Office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) · Government Equalities Office 9 Jun 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Parliamentary Secretary (Government Equalities office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) · Government Equalities Office 5 Oct 2008 – 9 Jun 2009
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) · Ministry of Justice 2 Jul 2007 – 9 Jun 2009
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) · Northern Ireland Office 5 May 2006 – 28 Jun 2007
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Children and Families) · Department for Education and Skills 10 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) · Department for Work and Pensions 11 Jun 2001 – 10 May 2005
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Defence) · Ministry of Defence 5 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport · Department for Culture, Media and Sport 5 Jan 2016 – 27 Jun 2016
- Shadow Secretary of State for Defence · Ministry of Defence 14 Sep 2015 – 5 Jan 2016
- Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 7 Oct 2013 – 14 Sep 2015
- Shadow Secretary of State for Transport · Department for Transport 8 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2013
- Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) · Government Equalities Office 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
- Shadow Minister (Justice) · Ministry of Justice 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
- Shadow Solicitor General · Attorney General's Office 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
Committee memberships
- Public Office (Accountability) Bill 12 Nov 2025 – 4 Dec 2025
- Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 10 Nov 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) 6 Jul 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Justice Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 30 Apr 2024
- Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament 9 Feb 2022 – 15 Jan 2024
- Victims and Prisoners Bill 14 Jun 2023 – 11 Jul 2023
- National Security Bill 29 Jun 2022 – 18 Oct 2022
- British Sign Language Bill 9 Feb 2022 – 23 Feb 2022
- Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill 8 Dec 2021 – 15 Dec 2021
- Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] 1 Dec 2021 – 9 Dec 2021
- Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) 27 Oct 2021 – 3 Nov 2021
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 12 May 2021 – 24 Jun 2021
- Public Accounts Committee 25 Jul 1997 – 29 Nov 1999
Previous seats
- Garston and Halewood · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Liverpool, Garston · Elected 3 times 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010
Elections contested
- Crosby 9 Apr 1992
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 0551
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Maria Eagle, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Maria Eagle?
Maria Eagle is a Member of Parliament representing Liverpool Garston in the House of Commons. See Maria Eagle's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Maria Eagle represent?
Maria Eagle sits as Labour. See Maria Eagle's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Maria Eagle represent?
Maria Eagle is the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston. See Maria Eagle's official Parliament profile.
How long has Maria Eagle been an MP?
Maria Eagle has served in the House of Commons for 29 years, 2 months. See Maria Eagle's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Maria Eagle?
Maria Eagle has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Maria Eagle's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.