Career
He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011. Eastwood was elected to Derry City Council in 2005, 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.
Following his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2011, Eastwood was appointed Social Democratic and Labour Party representative on the committee of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.
He sits on the Northern Ireland Assembly committees on Standards and Privileges, and the Environment. In 2012 he drew criticism from Unionists including Jim Allister after carrying the coffin at the paramilitary funeral of a former Irish National Liberation Army member in Derry.
A masked Real Irish Republican Army gunman fired a volley of shots over the coffin,although Eastwood stated he was not present at the time of the gunfire. On 14 November 2015, Eastwood contested the leadership election held at the Social Democratic and Labour Party"s annual conference.
He beat the incumbent, Alasdair McDonnell, by 172 votes to 133.
