David Pinto-Duschinsky
David Johnathan Pinto-Duschinsky is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hendon since 2024. His majority is the smallest of any MP elected in the 2024 general election - 15 votes.
Background
Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky. He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and then as a partner at Ernst & Young. In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling 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. In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord.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. 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.
Pinto-Duschinsky is also a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. And in June 2025, he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults Bill during its third reading.