Duncan Smith | |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2020 | |
Constituency | Dublin Fingal |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 17 May 1983
Political party | Labour Party |
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 constituency since the 2020 general election. [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]
Smith's father was a carpenter by profession. [9] Smith studied at Dublin City University, completing a bachelors degree in business studies and a masters degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution. [15] He is currently[ when?] studying for a PhD in nuclear disarmament studies. [16]
He is married and has one son. [15]