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Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance MP for Lagan Valley
Sorcha Eastwood is the Alliance MP for Lagan Valley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
MessageSeat status
Relatively safe
Majority size
2,959
Recent swing
+10.9% Alliance
Party
Alliance
Top donors:
No registered donations
Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues
DID NOT VOTE
21 Oct 2024
Employment Rights Bill
✓ Passed — 386 For, 105 Against
VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
✓ Passed — 330 For, 275 Against
Sorcha voted against the majority
VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
✓ Passed — 375 For, 9 Against
Sorcha voted with the majority
Where Sorcha fits into things
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Sorcha Eastwood
Member of Parliament
Lagan Valley
Surgeries
Monthly in-person, occasional online
Examples of successful citizen influence
- Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
- Local campaign prompting a public statement
Pressure that tends to influence
- High volume constituent contact
- Media attention on local issues
- Cross-party committee pressure
Committees
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee