David Pinto-Duschinsky

Pinto-Duschinsky is the son of Holocaust survivor and scholar Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.^[4] 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.^[5] He was educated at Magdalen College School and then Pembroke College, Oxford.^[6] He was President of the Oxford Union in 1995.^[7]

He worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company^[8] and then as a partner at Ernst & Young.^[4] In politics, Pinto-Duschinsky served as an adviser to the former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling^[9] and Deputy Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit^[8] prior to his election as an MP.

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.^[10][11] In the 2019 general election, he stood for election in Hendon and lost to Conservative MP Matthew Offord.^[12]

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.^[13][14] 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.^[15]

Pinto-Duschinsky was previously a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.^[16] In June 2025, he voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its third reading.^[17][18]

In November 2025, Pinto-Duschinsky was recorded as a Parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions,^[19] 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.^[20]