At a glanceColum Eastwood is a Social Democratic & Labour Party MP for Foyle, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They have cast 184 votes in Commons divisions (32% attendance), tabled 240 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Colum Eastwood did not vote in 391. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Foyle Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Social Democratic & Labour Party Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Claire Hanna
Social Democratic & Labour Party
100.0% · 76 of 76 shared votes
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Nadia Whittome
Labour
96.0% · 121 of 126 shared votes
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Richard Burgon
Labour
94.0% · 157 of 167 shared votes
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Imran Hussain
Labour
92.8% · 128 of 138 shared votes
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John McDonnell
Labour
91.6% · 152 of 166 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Conservative
4.5% · 5 of 110 shared votes
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Jack Rankin
Conservative
4.8% · 7 of 147 shared votes
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Mr Richard Holden
Conservative
5.3% · 7 of 133 shared votes
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Robbie Moore
Conservative
5.6% · 7 of 124 shared votes
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Jesse Norman
Conservative
5.9% · 8 of 135 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Lebanon between 06 October 2025 and 10 October 2025 (registered 21 Oct 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid Directorship of New Ireland Commission Ltd. This is an unpaid role. (registered 27 Sep 2024)
Written questions
Motability: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered reducing the age range for the motability scheme telematics system to 25.
Answer · 4 Mar 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme. Motability Foundation is an independent charitable organisation and is wholly responsible for the terms and administration of...
Motability: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of motability cars handed back as a result of the introduction of telematics systems for younger drivers.
Answer · 4 Mar 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme. Motability Foundation is an independent charitable organisation and is wholly responsible for the terms and administration of...
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will review the decision to withhold documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s role as UK Special Representative for Trade and Industry until 2065.
Answer · 11 Feb 2026
The release of historical records relating to members of the Royal Family is governed by the Public Records Act, the application of Freedom of Information exemptions that persist beyond 20 years, and the Code of Practice on the Management of Records issue...
Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett allocation is for Northern Ireland from business rates and licensing reform for pubs announced on 27 January 2026.
Answer · 2 Feb 2026
Any Barnett consequentials for the Northern Ireland Executive resulting from policy changes will be confirmed at the relevant fiscal event.
Child Benefit: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 October 2025 to Question 85934, if HMRC utilised or was given access to passenger name records as part of the Data Usage Agreement with the Home Office.
Answer · 25 Nov 2025
HMRC did not directly access passenger name records held by the Home Office as part of its efforts to reduce Child Benefit non-compliance. The process involves HMRC sharing a data set with the Home Office, which includes the Child Benefit claimant’s name....
Israel: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the statement of 14 November 2025 by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon that Israel’s wall in southern Lebanon has crossed the Blue L
Answer · 20 Nov 2025
The UK is concerned by reports of escalating strikes by Israel on Lebanon, and of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers being affected by Israeli military activity. All necessary measures must be taken to protect UNIFIL personnel a...
Israel: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart about Israel’s occupation of parts of south Lebanon.
Answer · 20 Nov 2025
The UK is concerned by reports of escalating strikes by Israel on Lebanon, and of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers being affected by Israeli military activity. All necessary measures must be taken to protect UNIFIL personnel a...
Lebanon: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Answer · 21 Nov 2025
The UK plays a leading role in responding to the humanitarian needs of vulnerable groups across Lebanon.This year, the UK has provided £15.5 million in programming budget support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the...
Early day motions
| 20 May 2026 | Interception of Global Sumud Flotilla vessels in international waters | 30 sig. |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Recognition of Gaelic Games in Britain | 8 sig. |
| 29 Jul 2024 | Armagh, All Ireland Men’s Senior Football Champions 2024 | 3 sig. |
| 26 Mar 2024 | Drumahoe Primary School, British School Trampoline Elite Champions 2024 | 7 sig. |
| 12 Sep 2023 | Danny Quigley swim from Lifford to Kinnego Bay | 2 sig. |
| 12 Sep 2023 | 40th Waterside Half Marathon | 2 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill
The Minister is making a passionate and important speech about a long-overdue piece of legislation. Freddie Scappaticci was the agent known as Stakeknife in the IRA. He was involved in lots of murders, but the Government have yet to unmask…
8 Jul 2026 Troubles Legacy: Legislation
Members are shouting from the Opposition Benches that people have been waiting nine months, but there are victims who have been waiting decades for this issue to be resolved. Will the Secretary of State bring the Bill forward as quickly as…
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
I am grateful to the right hon. Member. I understand his point, and a point was made earlier about the commission for the retrieval of remains. Basically, IRA members who were involved in the disappearance of people were given immunity wit…
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
Will the right hon. Member give way?
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
The first thing to say is that there was an alternative. There has been a lot of debate recently about whether or not there was an alternative to murder and mayhem: there was an alternative and that is represented by the party of which I a…
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
Has the shadow Secretary of State read the Saville report? He referenced the Saville inquiry not that long ago. Has he read what it says about Soldier F, about how many people he killed that day—unarmed, innocent people marching for civil …
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
The hon. Gentleman is the shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland so he should know the lie of the land there. He has talked a lot about veterans. Has he read the letter from Sandra Peake, the director of the WAVE trauma centre? She…
27 Apr 2026 Dunmurry Police Station Attack
The people who planted this bomb in Dunmurry have set their faces against the people of Ireland, who made the decision long ago that the only route to constitutional change is a democratic one. They have attacked and tried to kill Irish po…
24 Feb 2026 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The Minister is speaking very powerfully about this issue and has one of the strongest track records in standing up on these types of issues. I have asked that the Government release the files concerning Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, or what…
9 Dec 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Kenova
Let me say first that the people responsible for the murder of innocent people in Northern Ireland over many decades were the people who carried out those murders, and the organisations of which they were members. However, it is also clear…
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Why are those Members supporting people who, by their own admission, murdered innocent civilians—civilians who should be seen by anybody in this House as citizens of the United Kingdom? Everybody can see the hypocrisy that has been on disp…
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
There was one reason that I and the Bloody Sunday families accepted the verdict. It was because the point was made absolutely clear: between 1970 and 1974, the British Government, the British Army, the Royal Military Police and the RUC wer…
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
I am going to finish this. What did Soldier F do to Bernard McGuigan? He shot him in the head, killing him instantly. He then tried to kill an Italian journalist who was looking through a window in the Rossville flats. Soldier F shot six b…
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Fifty years ago this month, Columba McVeigh was taken away by the IRA. He was murdered and his body was disappeared. His family are still searching for his remains. Two years later, the same happened to Captain Robert Nairac. Before that, …
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Will the shadow Secretary of State remind the House who is actually in Government in Northern Ireland and if there are any former paramilitaries involved at all?
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Let me take this opportunity to refresh the shadow Secretary of State’s memory. Sinn Féin actually supported that piece of legislation. Gerry Adams is on record as supporting that piece of legislation—I wonder why. Sinn Féin also supported…
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
15 Oct 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
Many families have been struggling and campaigning for years for truth and justice, and they are now hopeful that we can get to the truth. We know that MI5 admitted only a few months ago that it had not given all of the files over to Opera…
14 Oct 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles
I suppose that the Secretary of State will forgive some of us for being cautious before we are ready to believe that the Government, the state and any paramilitary organisation will give over the information that is required. In fact, righ…
16 Jul 2025 Engagements
The Prime Minister will never know exactly how much it meant to victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland, from right across society, when he came, looked them in their eyes and promised them that no murderer would be immune from prosecu…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill 28 Jun 2021 – 6 Jul 2021
Previous seats
- Foyle · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Colum Eastwood, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Colum Eastwood?
Colum Eastwood is a Member of Parliament representing Foyle in the House of Commons. See Colum Eastwood's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Colum Eastwood represent?
Colum Eastwood sits as Social Democratic & Labour Party. See Colum Eastwood's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Colum Eastwood represent?
Colum Eastwood is the Member of Parliament for Foyle. See Colum Eastwood's official Parliament profile.
How long has Colum Eastwood been an MP?
Colum Eastwood has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Colum Eastwood's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Colum Eastwood?
Colum Eastwood has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Colum Eastwood's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.