Maria Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician.
She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Garston and Halewood and former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
She has held the rank of Minister of State at the Government Equalities Office and at the Ministry of Justice.
She had been a Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Northern Ireland Office.
After the 2010 general election she became the Shadow Solicitor General.
On 8 October 2010, Eagle was announced as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet, and on 7 October 2013, appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
On 14 September 2015, Eagle was confirmed as the Shadow Defence Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's first Shadow Cabinet.
She was moved to the position of Shadow Culture Secretary in January 2016 and resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 27 June 2016.
Eagle is the twin sister of fellow Labour MP Angela Eagle.