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| name = Colum Eastwood
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| office = [[Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Elisha McCallion]]
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| successor4 = [[Maurice Devenney]]
| office5 = Member of <br/> [[Derry City Council]]
| constituency5 = [[Shantallow (District Electoral Area)|Shantallow]]
| term_start5 = 5 May 2005
| predecessor5 = William O'Connell
| successor5 = ''Council abolished''
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|04|30}}
| birth_place = [[Derry]],
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| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]]
| party = [[Social Democratic and Labour Party
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'''Colum Eastwood''' (born 30 April 1983)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|oclc=1129682574}}</ref> is an [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] politician
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 in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament election]] to represent [[Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)|Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36717.stm|title=Foyle results|publisher=BBC News – Election 2011|date=11 May 2011|access-date=3 March 2017|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925193057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36717.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2019 he was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)|Foyle]].
==Early life==
Eastwood was born in [[Derry]], where he was educated at St John's Primary School ([[Creggan, Derry|Creggan]]) and at [[St Columb's College]]. He later attended the [[University of Liverpool]], where he studied Latin American Studies though he did not finish his degree.<ref>{{Cite
==Political career==
Eastwood joined the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] in 1998 at age 14 to campaign for the [[Good Friday Agreement]]. He "was drawn to the party by [[John Hume|Hume]], [[Seamus Mallon]] and the other political giants of that time that
He was elected to [[Derry City Council]] in 2005 aged 22, and elected for a one-year term as [[Mayor of Derry]] in June 2010. Aged 27, he was the youngest mayor of the city to date.<ref>[http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Mayor/Mayor Derry City Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111041512/http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Mayor/Mayor|date=11 January 2011}}</ref>
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On 12 December 2019 Eastwood was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom]] for [[Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)|Foyle]] in a landslide victory against [[Sinn Féin]] candidate, then incumbent, [[Elisha McCallion]]. He was the first of the new MPs elected at the 2019 general election to make his [[maiden speech]] in the Commons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-12-19/debates/66EEE94D-F200-4889-90AC-5EE34753AC3E/DebateOnTheAddress?highlight=colum%2520eastwood#contribution-48281020-5F2D-49FF-9CF3-4010727958BB |title=Debate on the Address - Hansard |website=hansard.parliament.uk |access-date=2020-01-21 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714171736/https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-12-19/debates/66EEE94D-F200-4889-90AC-5EE34753AC3E/DebateOnTheAddress?highlight=colum%20eastwood#contribution-48281020-5F2D-49FF-9CF3-4010727958BB |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 11 November 2020 during a Westminster Hall debate Eastwood called for a full and independent judicial inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor [[Pat Finucane]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colum Eastwood demands full and independent Pat Finucane inquiry|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/crime/colum-eastwood-demands-full-and-independent-pat-finucane-inquiry-3033150|access-date=2020-11-16|website=www.derryjournal.com|language=en|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113062021/https://www.derryjournal.com/news/crime/colum-eastwood-demands-full-and-independent-pat-finucane-inquiry-3033150|url-status=live}}</ref>
He was re-elected MP in 2024 following [[2024 United Kingdom general election|the general election]]. That year, he described the [[Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)|Oath of Allegiance]] to King [[Charles III]] as an "empty formula" and said he took it "under protest" in order to represent his constituents in the House of Commons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClafferty |first1=Enda |title=MP oath to King empty formula, says SDLP leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7el97z7rdo |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
=== Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ===
Following the SDLP's poor election results in the [[2014 Northern Ireland local elections|2014 local elections]], the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland|2014 European Parliament election]] and the [[2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland|2015 Westminster election]], the then SDLP leader and MP for [[Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)|South Belfast]] Alasdair McDonnell resisted calls to stand down, including from the party's deputy leader [[Dolores Kelly]].<ref>{{Cite
At the SDLP's Annual Conference on 14 November 2015, Eastwood contested the [[2015 Social Democratic and Labour Party leadership election|leadership election]] where he defeated the incumbent, [[Alasdair McDonnell]], by 172 votes to 133.<ref name="bbcnews" />
In July 2021 Eastwood used [[parliamentary privilege]] to reveal the identity of [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]]'s 'Soldier F' in the House of Commons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Preston |first1=Allan |title=SDLP leader Colum Eastwood names Soldier F using parliamentary privilege |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sdlp-leader-colum-eastwood-names-soldier-f-using-parliamentary-privilege-40649627.html |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=13 July 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713170033/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sdlp-leader-colum-eastwood-names-soldier-f-using-parliamentary-privilege-40649627.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2023, his key adviser Ruaidhri O'Donnell resigned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=John Manley Political |date=2023-12-01 |title=SDLP leader Colum Eastwood adviser quits ahead of Westminster election |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/12/01/news/sdlp_leader_colum_eastwood_adviser_quits_ahead_of_westminster_election-3813419/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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