| 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 |
| Education: | University of Oxford |
| Alma Mater: | Magdalen College School, Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Birth Date: | June 1974 |
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]
Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky and was born in June 1974.[3] He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford[4] University, during his time there 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. 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 prior to his election as an MP.
In the 2015 General Election he stood against George Osborne in Tatton. a Conservative Party Safe seat[7] He noted that "Osborne presided over the longest recession in living memory and the biggest fall in real wages since the 1870’s." Pinto-Duschinsky lost 18,241 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]
In 2019 Pinto-Duschinsky stood for the Labour Party in Hendon. He lost the election to the incumbent Matthew Offord who won a majority of 4,230 votes.[9]
In 2024 Pinto-Duschinsky again stood for the same constituency, stating that he was focused on "working tirelessly for local people on their priorities". 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.” [10] [11]
Pinto-Duschinsky won his election by just 15 votes which underwent a recount[12] this was also the smallest majority in the 2024 general election.[12] In his victory speech Pinto-Duschinsky said he was "I am deeply grateful. Your vote today has delivered a message to the Conservatives.”[13] and that he would work “tirelessly” for the people of Hendon.[14]
Pinto-Duschinsky took his Oath on the JPS Bible.[15]