David Pinto-Duschinsky

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = David Pinto-Duschinsky

| honorific_suffix = MP

| office = Member of Parliament
for Hendon

| term_start = 4 July 2024

| predecessor = Matthew Offord

| majority = 15 (0.04%)

| party = Labour

| father = Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

| website = {{URL|davidforhendon.com}}

| education = University of Oxford

| image = David Pinto-Duschinsky MP Official Portrait.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| alma_mater = Magdalen College School, Pembroke College, Oxford

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974|6}}

}}

David Johnathan Pinto-Duschinsky (born June 1974) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hendon since 2024.{{cite news |title=Labour's David Pinto Duschinsky takes Hendon by just 15 votes |author= Kaplan, Josh|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/labours-david-pinto-duschinsky-takes-hendon-by-just-15-votes-tobgh5jp |date=5 July 2024 |access-date = 16 July 2024|work=The Jewish Chronicle}} His majority is currently the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 general election at only 15 votes.{{cite news |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Alix |last2=Fagg |first2=Jonathan |last3=Roca-Terry |first3=Miguel |date=5 July 2024 |title=Smallest majorities: The seats won by fewer than 100 votes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9x7dz79qyo |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=BBC News}}

Background

Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.{{Cite web |title=David Jonathan PINTO DUSCHINSKY personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/0NaGsaJpVq-7pJ-qFo9o_8141kg/appointments |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}} He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford.{{Cite web |last=Kendix |first=Max |date=2024-07-22 |title=Ministerial material? Six Labour MPs to watch |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ministerial-material-six-labour-mps-to-watch-xsfsxjs97 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240710133736/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ministerial-material-six-labour-mps-to-watch-xsfsxjs97#selection-2613.34-2613.51 |archive-date=10 Jul 2024 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=The Times}} He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.

He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company{{Cite web |title=Appointments to the Council of Economic Advisers {{!}} HM Treasury |url=https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/F14980C646932E818025741F004DDD44 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.wired-gov.net}} and then as a partner at Ernst & Young. In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling{{Cite web |last=Harpin |first=Lee |date=2022-07-24 |title=Labour select Holocaust survivor's son for second bid to win Hendon seat |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/labour-select-holocaust-survivors-son-for-second-bid-to-win-hendon-seat/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Jewish News}} and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit 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.{{Cite web |date=20 October 2014 |title=Labour's David Pinto-Duschinsky will take on George Osborne at General Election |url=https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/11547068.labours-david-pinto-duschinsky-will-take-on-george-osborne-at-general-election/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Knutsford Guardian}}{{Cite web |date=9 May 2015 |title=Defeated Tatton candidates speak about their campaigns |url=https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/12941109.defeated-tatton-candidates-speak-about-their-campaigns/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Knutsford Guardian}} In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord.{{Cite web |last=Mendel |first=Jack |date=13 December 2019 |title=Tories complete clean sweep with Chipping Barnet and Hendon wins |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tories-complete-barnet-clean-sweep-with-chipping-barnet-and-hendon-wins/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Jewish News}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Floyd |first=David |date=2024-07-05 |title=Pinto-Duschinsky takes Hendon seat by 15 votes following recount |url=https://barnetpost.co.uk/2024/07/05/pinto-duschinsky-takes-hendon-seat-by-15-votes-following-recount/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Barnet Post}}{{Cite web |last=Dunne |first=John |date=2024-07-05 |title=Labour wins knife-edge north London contest for Hendon by just 15 votes after recount |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-election-results-hendon-recount-keir-starmer-tory-rishi-sunak-b1168921.html |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Evening Standard}} 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20z7p96xyo

Electoral history

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Hendon{{cite web|url=https://www.barnet.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20%E2%80%93%20Hendon%20Constituency.pdf|title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency on 04 July 2024|publisher=Barnet Council|date=7 June 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Pinto-Duschinsky|votes=15,855|percentage=38.43|change={{decrease}}2.5|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ameet Jogia|votes=15,840|percentage=38.39|change={{decrease}}10.5|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Joshua Pearl|votes=3,038|percentage=7.4|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Gabrielle Bailey|votes=2,667|percentage=6.5|change={{increase}}4.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Clareine Enderby|votes=1,966|percentage=4.8|change={{decrease}}3.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Imtiaz Palekar|votes=1,518|percentage=3.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rejoin EU|candidate=Ben Rend|votes=233|percentage=0.6|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Jane Gibson|votes=139|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 15

|percentage = 0.04

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,256

|percentage = 55.1

|change = {{decrease}}8.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 74,865