Maria Eagle MP: votes, interests and costs
Maria Eagle (Labour) is the MP for Liverpool Garston, in the seat since 1 May 1997.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Maria Eagle; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 8 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
| Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) (also in Government Equalities Office) | Ministry of Justice | 9 June 2009 | 6 May 2010 |
| Minister of State (Government Equalities Office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) | Government Equalities Office | 9 June 2009 | 6 May 2010 |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Government Equalities office) (also in the Ministry of Justice) | Government Equalities Office | 5 October 2008 | 9 June 2009 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 2 July 2007 | 9 June 2009 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) | Northern Ireland Office | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 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 June 2001 | 10 May 2005 |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 5 January 2016 | 27 June 2016 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 14 September 2015 | 5 January 2016 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7 October 2013 | 14 September 2015 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Victims and Prisoners Bill | 14 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 |
| National Security Bill | 29 June 2022 | 18 October 2022 |
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 9 February 2022 | 15 January 2024 |
| British Sign Language Bill | 9 February 2022 | 23 February 2022 |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 8 December 2021 | 15 December 2021 |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 1 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 |
| Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) | 27 October 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 12 May 2021 | 24 June 2021 |
| Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act | 10 November 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 6 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Justice Committee | 2 March 2020 | 30 April 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4bcf0fbd35dc.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Maria Eagle when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Maria Eagle's 2024-25 staffing spend as £249,211 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £231,263. IPSA lists office spending of £15,826 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £249,210.71 | £231,263.29 | £219,387.54 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,826.43 | £17,520.54 | £19,748.56 |
| Accommodation: spent | £6,121.93 | £6,178.19 | £5,887.13 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,659.87 | £3,345.40 | £4,523.21 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £6,630 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for an MP who owns their property and is claiming the associated costs only (such as utilities)).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Liverpool Garston BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Secretary/Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Maria Eagle is recorded voting in 392 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 19 October 2026 Maria Eagle voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 28 written questions from Maria Eagle since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Defence and 3 other departments.
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.
Conveyancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review conveyancing laws in England.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Social Services: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the Armed Forces Bill extending the Armed Forces Covenant duty to include social care, how the Department will ensure that the needs of the armed forces community are recognised a …
Cinemas: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support single-screen and community-run cinemas to remain financially sustainable, modernise their facilities and deliver accessible film experiences to loc …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f8da88cbeca0. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Maria Eagle.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Liverpool Garston returned Maria Eagle with a majority of 20,104: 24,510 votes, 58.4% of those cast, against 4,406 for Kiera Hubbard. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Liverpool Garston figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Maria Eagle corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Maria Eagle:
- Luke Pollard corrected a written answer on Rosyth Dockyard: Infrastructure
- Maria Eagle corrected a written answer on Defence: Finance
- Maria Eagle corrected a written answer on Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Expenditure
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.