Gove got stuck in a toilet (Picture: Getty Images)

Former education secretary Michael Gove got stuck in a toilet on the first day of his new job as chief whip.

A light was cast on the embarrassing episode during Labour MP Angela Eagle’s speech in the House of Commons.

She said Gove had ‘got stuck in the toilet in the wrong lobby’ yesterday.

To which new commons leader William Hague reportedly commented that he was ‘carrying out his duties very assiduously’.


New chief whip Gove "got stuck in the toilet in the wrong lobby" yesterday so not a good start says @angelaeagle — Tony Grew (@ayestotheright) July 17, 2014

.@WilliamJHague says Gove being in the toilet shows he was "carrying out his duties very assiduously" as chief whip — Tony Grew (@ayestotheright) July 17, 2014

Westminster figureheads are easing into their new roles after David Cameron announced his most dramatic reshuffle since becoming leader of the Conservatives.

There has been a cull of middle-aged men to make way for women.