Colum Eastwood

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Colum Eastwood is the Social Democratic & Labour Party MP for Foyle, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

885

Votes Cast

£327,867

Expenses 2024-25

4,166

Majority

40.8%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£327,867

Staffing£250,786
Office£29,117
Accommodation£26,185
Travel£21,780

Year-on-Year

2024-25£327,867
2023-24£311,836
2022-23£322,003
2021-22£263,902
2020-21£231,344
2019-20£19,145

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 38,358 voters

Social Democratic & Labour Party
15,647 votes40.8%
Sinn Féin
11,481 votes29.9%
Democratic Unionist Party
3,915 votes10.2%
People Before Profit Alliance
2,444 votes6.4%
Independent
1,519 votes4.0%
Ulster Unionist Party
1,422 votes3.7%
Alliance
1,268 votes3.3%
Aontú
662 votes1.7%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

61

Written Questions

5

Oral Questions

20

Debates Spoken In

31

Speeches

187

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 AYE

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

3 votes · 20 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

2 votes · 13 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

5 AYE

Employment Rights Bill

5 votes · 8 Dec 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

2 votes · 18 Nov 2025

Financial Interests(3)

Visits outside the UK

the Council for Arab-British Understanding

£1,260
Name of donor
Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding)
Address of donor
1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights, accommodation, transport and food, value £1,260
Destination of visit
Lebanon
Dates of visit
6 October 2025 to 10 October 2025
Purpose of visit
Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding

Registered 21 October 2025

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

UK Music

Ticket to The Ivors Awards (cost £570+vat)

22 May 2025

£570
Name of donor
UK Music
Address of donor
Work.Life 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Ticket to The Ivors Awards (cost £570+vat), value £684
Date received
22 May 2025
Date accepted
22 May 2025
Donor status
company, registration No 3245288

Registered 3 June 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
30 August 2024

Registered 27 September 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Colum in Parliament

Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12760 on Employers' Contributions: General Practitioners, whether support arrangements for additional emp

AnsweredTreasury13 Nov 2024

Culture and Languages: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the time taken to appoint commissioners under the Identity and Language (North

AnsweredNorthern Ireland Office11 Nov 2024

Heat Pumps: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of support arrangements for the installation of domestic heat pumps.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero11 Nov 2024

Armenia: Detainees and Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations on (a) a right of return for Armenians and (b) the release of detained Armenia

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office11 Nov 2024

Gaza: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Famine Review Committee's alert entit

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office11 Nov 2024

General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contr

AnsweredTreasury5 Nov 2024

Spiking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to create a standalone criminal offence for drink spiking; and what steps she is taking to help tackle drink spiking.

AnsweredHome Office8 Oct 2024

Passports: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) elected representatives from Ireland and (b) other Irish passport holders

AnsweredHome Office10 Sept 2024

Electronic Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) received and (b) granted requests to provide communications data on (i) lawyers, (ii) journalists and (iii) Members of

AnsweredHome Office25 Jul 2024

Surveillance: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to figure 19.6 of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office’s annual report 2022, published on 26 March 2024, if he will hold di

AnsweredNorthern Ireland Office24 Jul 2024
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