David Pinto-Duschinsky

David Johnathan Pinto-Duschinsky (born June 1974) 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 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. 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. and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit 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 following a recount—the smallest majority in that election. 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.

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

In November 2025, Pinto-Duschinsky was recorded as a Parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions, 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.

Electoral history