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David Pinto-Duschinsky

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David Pinto-Duschinsky
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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 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.

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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.[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]

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Electoral history

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