David Johnathan Pinto-Duschinsky (born June 1974) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hendon since 2024.[1] His majority is currently the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 General Election at only 15 votes.[2]
David Pinto-Duschinsky | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hendon | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Offord |
| Majority | 15 (0.04%) |
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| Born | June 1974 |
| Political party | Labour |
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| Education | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College School, Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Website | davidforhendon |
Background
editPinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky and was born in June 1974.[3] He was privately educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford[4] University; during his time there he was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.
He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company[5] and then as a partner at Ernst & Young.[3] In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling[6] and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit[5] prior to his election as an MP.
Early political career
edit2015 General Election
editIn the 2015 General Election he stood against George Osborne in Tatton, a Conservative Party safe seat.[7] He noted that "Osborne presided over the longest recession in living memory and the biggest fall in real wages since the 1870s". Pinto-Duschinsky lost the election but was proud to have taken second place and highlighted real challenges facing the country and local constituency. He noted that it was "shocking" how food banks were needed in a constituency that contained luxury goods stores close by.[8]
2019 General Election
editIn 2019 Pinto-Duschinsky stood for the Labour Party in Hendon. He lost the election to the incumbent, Matthew Offord, who won with a majority of 4,230 votes.[9]
2024 General Election
editIn 2024 Pinto-Duschinsky again stood for the same constituency, stating that he was focused on "working tirelessly for local people on their priorities".[6] In the campaign, Pinto-Duschinsky ran on bringing “change” to Hendon. “If you knock on the doors around here, you hear that the country is broken, that people are struggling with the cost of living crisis, they can't see a GP, they don't see police on their street and that things just aren't working as they should do” and described the levels rising levels of antisemitism as “the most challenging and the hardest time in my lifetime to be British Jew.” [1]
Pinto-Duschinsky won his seat by just 15 votes after a recount.[1] This was also the smallest majority in the 2024 general election.[1] In his victory speech, Pinto-Duschinsky said he was "deeply grateful", that the electorate had "delivered a message to the Conservatives”[10] and that he would work “tirelessly” for the people of Hendon.[11]
Member of Parliament
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Kaplan, Josh (5 July 2024). "Labour's David Pinto Duschinsky takes Hendon by just 15 votes". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Smallest majorities: The seats won by fewer than 100 votes". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ a b "David Jonathan PINTO DUSCHINSKY personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Kendix, Max (22 July 2024). "Ministerial material? Six Labour MPs to watch". www.thetimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Appointments to the Council of Economic Advisers | HM Treasury". www.wired-gov.net. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ a b Harpin, Lee (24 July 2022). "Labour select Holocaust survivor's son for second bid to win Hendon seat". Jewish News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Labour's David Pinto-Duschinsky will take on George Osborne at General Election". Knutsford Guardian. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Defeated Tatton candidates speak about their campaigns". Knutsford Guardian. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Mendel, Jack (13 December 2019). "Tories complete clean sweep with Chipping Barnet and Hendon wins". Jewish News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Floyd, David (5 July 2024). "Pinto-Duschinsky takes Hendon seat by 15 votes following recount". Barnet Post. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Dunne, John (5 July 2024). "Labour wins knife-edge north London contest for Hendon by just 15 votes after recount". Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Bell-Cross, Lorin. "Which texts did Jewish MPs swear their oath of allegiance on?". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
