Colum Eastwood

Colum Eastwood
MP
Eastwood in 2023
Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
In office
14 November 2015 – 5 October 2024
DeputyFearghal McKinney
Nichola Mallon
Preceded byAlasdair McDonnell
Succeeded byClaire Hanna
Member of Parliament
for Foyle
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byElisha McCallion
Majority4,166 (10.9%)
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Foyle
In office
5 May 2011 – 12 December 2019
Preceded byPól Callaghan
Succeeded bySinead McLaughlin
Mayor of Derry
In office
June 2010 – June 2011
Preceded byPaul Fleming
Succeeded byMaurice Devenney
Member of
Derry City Council
In office
5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byWilliam O'Connell
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyShantallow
Personal details
Born (1983-04-30) 30 April 1983 (age 41)
Derry, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySocial Democratic and Labour Party
SpouseRachael Eastwood
Children2
Residence(s)Derry, Northern Ireland

Colum Eastwood (born 30 April 1983)[1] is an Irish nationalist politician who served as Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2015 to 2024. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle since 2019, served in Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2019 and served on Derry City Council from 2005 to 2011.

Eastwood was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 and was re-elected in 2016 and 2017. He was also the SDLP candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election to represent Northern Ireland.[2] In December 2019 he was elected to the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle.

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Foyle results". BBC News – Election 2011. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2017.