Sorcha Eastwood MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Lagan Valley is Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance).
Offices and committees
Sorcha Eastwood sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c21ef55ff4aa.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Sorcha Eastwood when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sorcha Eastwood's office spent £141,391 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £15,916 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £141,391.46 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,916.43 |
| Accommodation: spent | £5,610.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £14,931.44 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Lagan Valley CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer ×2 (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 76 votes by Sorcha Eastwood in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 16 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 9 July 2025 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Sorcha Eastwood voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Sorcha Eastwood has tabled 298 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Northern Ireland Office and 3 other departments.
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department's recognition of air-to-air heat pumps as a qualifying technology under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will be reflected in (a) guidance and (b) encouragement to devolved go …
Companies House: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of issues with the identity verification process with Companies House, particularly the impact on charities.
Companies House: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he is taking steps to streamline the identity verification process with Companies House.
Heat Pumps: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing Barnett consequential funding to the Northern Ireland Executive to support a domestic heat pump scheme comparable to the Bo …
Cancer: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £10 million England fund to cover the travel costs of children with cancer was calculated; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the fund across the UK.
Cancer: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether families in Northern Ireland are eligible for the £10 million cancer travel fund for children.
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the equity of applying different State Pension uprating rules to pensioners based on country of residence for identical levels of National Insurance contributions.
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of not uprating the State Pension for recipients living in countries without a reciprocal social security agreement on pensioner …
HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made of the potential impact of moving to a volunteer-with-expenses model for Coastguard Rescue Officers from September 2026 on recruitment, retention and …
Motability Scheme: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider widening the eligibility criteria for the Motability mileage allowance extension.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a24c2e290d97. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sorcha Eastwood.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Lagan Valley returned Sorcha Eastwood with a majority of 2,959: 18,618 votes, 37.9% of those cast, against 15,659 for Jonathan Buckley. Result as published: APNI gain from DUP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Lagan Valley figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.