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David Pinto-Duschinsky
British politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 general election - 15 votes. [2][3]
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Background
Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.[4] He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford.[5] He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.
He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company[6] and then as a partner at Ernst & Young.[4] In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling[7] and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit[6] prior to his election as an MP.
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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.[8][9] In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord.[10]
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.[11][12] 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.[13]
Pinto-Duschinsky is also a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.[14] And in June 2025, he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its third reading.[15]
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