Duncan Smith (Irish politician)
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Duncan Smith | |
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.jpg) Smith in 2024 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Fingal East |
| In office February 2020 – November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Fingal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1983 Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | Lynsey Smith |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University |
Duncan Smith (born 17 May 1983) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal East constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously for the Dublin Fingal constituency from 2020 to 2024.[1]
Smith was a member of Fingal County Council from 2014 to 2020. Smith contested the 2019 Dublin Fingal by-election, receiving 3,821 first preference votes (15.2% of the vote), but was not elected.[2][3][4]
At the 2020 general election, Smith was elected as a TD for Dublin Fingal.[5][6] After his election to the Dáil, James Humphreys was co-opted to Smith's seat on Fingal County Council.[7] He was one of two TDs to nominate Alan Kelly for the position of Labour Party leader in the 2020 leadership election.[8]
In 2021, Smith received media attention for criticising Michael and Danny Healy-Rae in the Dáil, after the two TDs had accused Labour of being "anti-worker" after proposing a zero-COVID strategy, accusing the Healy-Raes of coming from a background of "Fianna Fáil privilege and millions and millions of euros" and "pretending to be working class."[9][10][11][12] He received praise from Miriam Lord for this, being dubbed a "working-class hero" in her column.[13]
Smith was the Labour Party Director of Elections for Ivana Bacik in the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election.[14]
At the 2024 general election, Smith was re-elected to the Dáil in Dublin Fingal East.
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