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]
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.
Early political career
2015 General Election
In the 2015 General Election he stood against George Osborne in Tatton, a Conservative Partysafe seat.[7] He noted that "Osborne presided over the longest recession in living memory and the biggest fall in real wages since the 1870s". Pinto-Duschinsky lost the election but was proud to have taken second place and highlighted real challenges facing the country and local constituency. He noted that it was "shocking" how food banks were needed in a constituency that contained luxury goods stores close by.[8]
2019 General Election
In 2019 Pinto-Duschinsky stood for the Labour Party in Hendon. He lost the election to the incumbent, Matthew Offord, who won with a majority of 4,230 votes.[9]
2024 General Election
In 2024 Pinto-Duschinsky again stood for the same constituency, stating that he was focused on "working tirelessly for local people on their priorities".[6] In the campaign, Pinto-Duschinsky ran on bringing “change” to Hendon. “If you knock on the doors around here, you hear that the country is broken, that people are struggling with the cost of living crisis, they can't see a GP, they don't see police on their street and that things just aren't working as they should do” and described the levels rising levels of antisemitism as “the most challenging and the hardest time in my lifetime to be British Jew.” [1]
Pinto-Duschinsky won his seat by just 15 votes after a recount.[1] This was also the smallest majority in the 2024 general election.[1] In his victory speech, Pinto-Duschinsky said he was "deeply grateful", that the electorate had "delivered a message to the Conservatives”[10] and that he would work “tirelessly” for the people of Hendon.[11]
