David Pinto-Duschinsky

David Pinto-Duschinsky
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Hendon
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMatthew Offord
Majority15 (0.04%)
Personal details
BornJune 1974 (age 52)
PartyLabour
Parent
EducationUniversity of Oxford
Alma materMagdalen College School, Pembroke College, Oxford
Websitedavidforhendon.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 the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 general election – 15 votes.[2][3]

Background

Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.[4] He had a severe stammer as a child, leaving him sometimes unable to say his own name, but overcame it through years of speech therapy through the National Health Service.[5] He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford.[6] He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.[7]

He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company[8] and then as a partner at Ernst & Young.[4] In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling[9] and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit[8] 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.[10][11] In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord.[12]

In 2024, he ran again in Hendon and was elected as MP by just 15 votes following a recount—the smallest majority in that election.[13][14] After the 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election, which took place during 2025 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.[15]

Pinto-Duschinsky was previously a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.[16] In June 2025, he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its third reading.[17][18]

In November 2025, Pinto-Duschinsky was recorded as a Parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions,[19] leading to him to stand down from his select committee position as a result of this.

In May 2026, Pinto-Duschinsky backed Prime Minister Keir Starmer following calls for him to resign in the aftermath of successive defeats during the 2026 UK local elections.[20]

Electoral history

General election 2024: Hendon[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Pinto-Duschinsky 15,855 38.43 Decrease2.5
Conservative Ameet Jogia 15,840 38.39 Decrease10.5
Reform Joshua Pearl 3,038 7.4 N/A
Green Gabrielle Bailey 2,667 6.5 Increase4.9
Liberal Democrats Clareine Enderby 1,966 4.8 Decrease3.8
Workers Party Imtiaz Palekar 1,518 3.7 N/A
Rejoin EU Ben Rend 233 0.6 N/A
SDP Jane Gibson 139 0.3 N/A
Majority 15 0.04 N/A
Turnout 41,256 55.1 Decrease8.7
Registered electors 74,865
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase4.0
General election 2019: Hendon[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Offord 26,878 48.8 +0.8
Labour David Pinto-Duschinsky 22,648 41.1 –4.9
Liberal Democrats Clareine Enderby 4,628 8.4 +4.6
Green Portia Vincent-Kirby 921 1.7 +0.6
Majority 4,230 7.7 +5.7
Turnout 55,075 66.6 –1.6
Registered electors 82,661
Conservative hold Swing +2.8
General election 2015: Tatton[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Osborne 26,552 58.6 +4.0
Labour David Pinto-Duschinsky 8,311 18.3 +1.1
UKIP Stuart Hutton 4,871 10.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gareth Wilson 3,850 8.5 −14.1
Green Tina Rothery 1,714 3.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 185
Majority 18,241 40.3 +8.3
Turnout 45,483 70.0 +2.1
Registered electors 65,004
Conservative hold Swing +1.5

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. ↑ Dunne, John (5 July 2024). "Labour wins knife-edge north London contest for Hendon by just 15 votes after recount". The Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ Cecil, Nicholas (6 September 2024). "New London MP tells how stammer left him unable as a child to say own name at times". The Standard. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Kendix, Max (22 July 2024). "Ministerial material? Six Labour MPs to watch". The Times. Retrieved 22 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "David Pinto-Duschinsky". Mace Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Appointments to the Council of Economic Advisers | HM Treasury". www.wired-gov.net. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Harpin, Lee (24 July 2022). "Labour select Holocaust survivor's son for second bid to win Hendon seat". Jewish News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Labour's David Pinto-Duschinsky will take on George Osborne at General Election". Knutsford Guardian. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Defeated Tatton candidates speak about their campaigns". Knutsford Guardian. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  12. ↑ Mendel, Jack (13 December 2019). "Tories complete clean sweep with Chipping Barnet and Hendon wins". Jewish News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Floyd, David (5 July 2024). "Pinto-Duschinsky takes Hendon seat by 15 votes following recount". Barnet Post. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Sarah Pochin wins Runcorn and Helsby by-election for Reform UK". BBC News. 2 May 2025.
  16. ↑ "Work and Pensions Committee - Membership". committees.parliament.uk.
  17. ↑ Mansfield, Mark (29 November 2024). "How MPs voted on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "How every MP voted on the assisted dying bill". Politics.co.uk. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Parliamentary Private Secretaries" (PDF). November 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2025.
  20. ↑ Harpin, Lee (12 May 2026). "Jewish Labour parliamentarians divided as calls for Starmer's resignation intensify". Jewish News. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ "Shropshire North parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Election for the constituency of Tatton on 7 May 2015". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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