The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 74,865 · 2023 boundaries

Hendon.

Labour Party MP David Pinto-Duschinsky holds the seat on 38.4% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentDavid Pinto-Duschinsky · Labour Party
CouncilBarnet
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001279
Electorate · 2024
74.9k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
38.4%
Labour Party · +0.0pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Barnet
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
22.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Pinto-Duschinsky has been most visibly active on two fronts: antisemitism in his north London constituency, and the assisted dying bill. When pro-Palestine protesters marched through a Jewish neighbourhood in Hendon in April 2026, he publicly condemned it as "utterly appalling" and "clearly antisemitic," liaising directly with police and the Community Security Trust. He has also broken with most Labour MPs on several assisted dying amendments, voting consistently to tighten safeguards -- notably to close a potential loophole that might allow voluntary self-starvation to qualify as terminal illness, and to ensure continuity of independent medical assessment if a doctor becomes incapacitated.

His wider parliamentary record is that of a loyal but active backbencher. At 82% voting participation -- broadly in line with Commons averages -- he votes with Labour around 97% of the time, supporting progressive taxation, workers' rights, and Lords reform while consistently opposing greater Lords scrutiny of government legislation. His speeches skew heavily toward economic policy: economy, fiscal policy, and labour market issues account for roughly two-thirds of his 115 contributions. His stance profile shows notably low alignment with pro-business and parliamentary scrutiny positions, and he deviates from his party average on end-of-life autonomy by around 22 percentage points.

The news picture adds useful colour: he has attracted criticism from at least one outlet for social media posts dismissed as misleading on economic policy, but the bulk of recent coverage -- dominated by crime and community issues -- has been broadly positive. His background in international development (he spent years at the Open Society Foundations) likely informs his economic commentary, though it is not yet a defining feature of his parliamentary profile. Data is available from July 2024 onwards.

38.4%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
7
Wards · 20 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.7 wards · 20 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Burnt Oak(3 seats)Daus · Gurung · Conway4,035Barnet LabMay 2026
Colindale North(2 seats)Ioannidis · Sanders-McDonagh1,319Barnet LabMay 2026
Colindale South(3 seats)Sargeant · Khalick · Narenthira3,941Barnet LabMay 2026
Edgware(3 seats)Wakeley · Mearing-Smith · Gordon9,182Barnet LabMay 2026
Hendon(3 seats)Prager · Bennett · Ryde8,471Barnet LabMay 2026
Mill Hill(3 seats)Simberg · Ereira · Lachter7,041Barnet LabMay 2026
West Hendon(3 seats)Bilbow · Reiners · Chakraborty3,892Barnet LabMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Barnet (128,039). Total population across named built-up areas: 128,039.

city 128,039

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Barnet128,039city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate60.7%57.1%+6%
Owner-occupied46.0%63.1%-27%
Private rented35.9%20.0%+79%
Social rented18.0%16.8%+7%

Ethnicity.

White50.1%
Asian23.1%
Black11.1%
Mixed5.0%
Other10.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.8% Female 51.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£49,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
7,155
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
58
27 primary · 5 secondary
GCSE pass
73.6%
Attainment 8: 51.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£653m
Taxpayers64,000
Median per taxpayer£3,250
Mean per taxpayer£10,200

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
22.2
+7% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
24% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.4
Anti-social behaviour4.7
Shoplifting2.5
Vehicle crime1.9
Other theft1.5
Burglary1.3
Drugs1.2

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
David Pinto-DuschinskyWONLab15,85538.4
Ameet JogiaCon15,84038.4
Joshua PearlRef3,0387.4
Gabrielle BaileyGrn2,6676.5
Clareine EnderbyLD1,9664.8
Imtiaz PalekarInd1,5183.7
Ben RendInd2330.6
Jane GibsonInd1390.3

Turnout 41,256

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Matthew OffordCon48.8
2017Matthew OffordCon48.0
2015Matthew OffordCon49.0
2010Offord, MatthewCon42.3
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission