Duncan Smith (born 17 May 1983) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) for the

Dublin Fingal Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

constituency since the 2020 general election.

Political career

Smith was a member of

Fingal County Council Fingal County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Fingal, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolit ...

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. At the 2020 general election, Smith was elected as a TD for Dublin Fingal. After his election to the Dáil, James Humphreys was co-opted to Smith's seat on

. He was one of two TDs to nominate Alan Kelly for the position of Labour Party leader in the 2020 leadership election. In 2021, Smith received media attention for criticising

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and

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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. He received praise from

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for this, being dubbed a "working-class hero" in her column. Smith was the Labour Party Director of Elections for

Ivana Bacik Ivana Catherine Bacik (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been Leader of the Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since winning a by-election on 9 July 2 ...

in the

2021 Dublin Bay South by-election A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Bay South in Ireland on Thursday, 8 July 2021, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of the Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy. The by-election was won by Senator Ivana Bacik ...

Personal life

Smith's father was a carpenter by profession. Smith studied at

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...

, completing a bachelors degree in business studies and a masters degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution. He is currently studying for a PhD in nuclear disarmament studies. He is married and has one son.

References

External links

Labour profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Duncan 1983 births Living people Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Members of the 33rd Dáil Local councillors in Fingal Alumni of Dublin City University