Colum Eastwood, the Social Democratic & Labour Party MP for Foyle, was elected to the current parliament on July 4, 2024, and is the longer-serving of the two SDLP MPs currently in parliament, having first been elected in December 2019. His parliamentary activity has been notably limited, with a voting participation rate of 33.01 percent across 170 votes cast out of 515 eligible divisions, ranking him 591st of 650 MPs overall, and debate contributions of 43 across 24 debates participated in, ranking him 624th overall. His debate contributions focus on Justice & Law, Foreign Affairs & Defence, and Other/Procedural matters, while his voting activity concentrates on Employment & Workers Rights, Parliamentary Procedure, and Taxation. There is a significant divergence between his voting and debate rankings, with his debate participation substantially lower than his voting participation.

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