Early Life
Eagle was born in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. The daughter of a printworker, she was educated at St Peter's Church of England School in Formby and Formby High School before attending Pembroke College, Oxford, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1983.
She then went to The College of Law, London, where she took her law finals in 1990. She was a solicitor in the voluntary sector from 1983, before she joined Brian Thompson & Partners in Liverpool as an articled clerk in 1990. In 1992 she became a solicitor with Goldsmith Williams in Liverpool, and later the senior solicitor at Steven Irving & Co also in Liverpool, where she remained until her election to Westminster. Before entering parliament, Eagle concentrated on housing issues whilst a solicitor.
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