Constituency view

Foyle

Northern Ireland

SDLP hold

Current MP

Current representation

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic and Labour Party

Male

Majority4,166

Turnout52.2%

Electorate73,496

Valid votes38,358

2024 Results

Party breakdown

SDLP15,647 - 40.8%

Sinn Féin11,481 - 29.9%

Other4,625 - 12.1%

DUP3,915 - 10.2%

UUP1,422 - 3.7%

Alliance1,268 - 3.3%

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 97.3%White British N/AAsian 1.5%Black, African or Caribbean 0.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.7%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011 data not available for this constituency.

2001 data not available for this constituency.

1991 data not available for this constituency.

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

Country of birth

Foyle (2021)

UK 92.6%Other EU 5.2%Other countries 2.2%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

2011 data not available for this topic.

2001 data not available for this topic.

1991 data not available for this topic.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Foyle	National	Difference
% White	97.3%	83.0%	+14.3pp
% Asian	1.5%	8.6%	-7.1pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.3%	3.7%	-3.5pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	0.7%	2.7%	-1.9pp
% Other ethnic group	0.2%	2.0%	-1.7pp
% UK-born	92.6%	84.0%	+8.6pp
% Non-UK-born	7.4%	16.0%	-8.6pp
% Other EU-born	5.2%	6.0%	-0.7pp
% Other countries-born	2.2%	10.1%	-7.9pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Foyle

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.