About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Colum Eastwood) represents you, and all of the people who live in Foyle, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Foyle, Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Foyle

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Entered the Assembly on 6 May 2011 — election

Left the Assembly on 12 December 2019 — Resigned

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @columeastwood
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Northern Ireland Office
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Coronavirus: Northern Ireland
• Iron and Steel: Northern Ireland
• Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
• Students: Coronavirus
• Addictions: Northern Ireland

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Elisha McCallion
• Mark Durkan
• John Hume

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Syria 12 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop new country information for Syria; and when she plans to resume processing asylum claims.

• Northern Ireland: UK Industrial Strategy 2 Apr 2025

  The Secretary State will be aware that over the past couple of decades investment from US companies in Northern Ireland has been important for economic growth and for cementing the peace process. As we all await the announcement from the President of the United States later today, will the Secretary of State give some thought to supporting businesses that could be detrimentally affected by...

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Chemicals: Labelling and Packaging 1 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 January 2025 on Stormont Brake: Response to the notification made under Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998, HCWS374, what recent steps he has taken to progress the consultation on a consistent regime for the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals.

More of Colum Eastwood’s recent appearances

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