David Pinto-Duschinsky

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David Pinto-Duschinsky
MP
David Pinto-Duschinsky MP Official Portrait.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Hendon
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Education University of Oxford
Alma mater Magdalen College School, Pembroke College, Oxford
Website davidforhendon.com

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]

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Background

Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky. [3] He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford. [4] 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.

Political career

Pinto-Duschinsky first stood for election in the 2015 general election, running against George Osborne in the safe Conservative seat of Tatton, but did not win. [7] [8] In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord. [9]

In 2024, he ran again in Hendon and was elected as MP by just 15 votes after a recount—the smallest majority in that election. [10] [11] After the 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election, which took place during 2025 United Kingdom local elections, Sarah Pochin of Reform UK was elected with a margin of 6 votes, which makes Runcorn and Helsby the most marginal seat in the current Parliament. [12]

Pinto-Duschinsky is also a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. [13] And in June 2025, he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its third reading. [14]

Electoral history

General election 2024: Hendon [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Pinto-Duschinsky 15,855 38.43 Decrease2.svg2.5
Conservative Ameet Jogia15,84038.39Decrease2.svg10.5
Reform UK Joshua Pearl3,0387.4N/A
Green Gabrielle Bailey2,6676.5Increase2.svg4.9
Liberal Democrats Clareine Enderby1,9664.8Decrease2.svg3.8
Workers Party Imtiaz Palekar1,5183.7N/A
Rejoin EU Ben Rend2330.6N/A
SDP Jane Gibson1390.3N/A
Majority 150.04N/A
Turnout 41,25655.1Decrease2.svg8.7
Registered electors 74,865
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg4.0

References

  1. ↑ Kaplan, Josh (5 July 2024). "Labour's David Pinto Duschinsky takes Hendon by just 15 votes". The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Hattenstone, Alix; Fagg, Jonathan; Roca-Terry, Miguel (5 July 2024). "Smallest majorities: The seats won by fewer than 100 votes". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ Kendix, Max (22 July 2024). "Ministerial material? Six Labour MPs to watch". The Times . Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Appointments to the Council of Economic Advisers | HM Treasury". www.wired-gov.net. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Harpin, Lee (24 July 2022). "Labour select Holocaust survivor's son for second bid to win Hendon seat". Jewish News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Labour's David Pinto-Duschinsky will take on George Osborne at General Election". Knutsford Guardian. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Defeated Tatton candidates speak about their campaigns". Knutsford Guardian. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Mendel, Jack (13 December 2019). "Tories complete clean sweep with Chipping Barnet and Hendon wins". Jewish News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Floyd, David (5 July 2024). "Pinto-Duschinsky takes Hendon seat by 15 votes following recount". Barnet Post. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ bbc.co.uk
  13. ↑ https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/membership/
  14. ↑ https://x.com/DavidPintoD/status/1936079466301710781?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
  15. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency on 04 July 2024" (PDF). Barnet Council. 7 June 2024.
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