Denise Mitchell | |
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Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin Bay North |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Coolock, Dublin, Ireland | 22 November 1976
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse |
Alan Mitchell (
m. 2007) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Denise Mitchell (born 22 November 1976) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency since the 2016 general election. [2]
She was a member of Dublin City Council from 2014 to 2016. [3] [4]
A well-known community activist locally, Mitchell is described as being close to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. [5] In 2016, she listed the campaign calling to Repeal the 8th amendment as a priority for her if elected to the Dáil. [6]
In the 2016 general election, she took the fourth of five seats in the newly-created Dublin Bay North constituency.
In the 2020 general election, she received the single highest vote of any candidate in the State, securing 21,344 first-preference votes and being elected on the first count. [7] [8] [9]
She is originally from Darndale. Mitchell joined Sinn Féin in the early 1990s. She worked in a locally-based knitwear factory, Shamrock Apparel, before also having careers with Motorola, Gateway 2000 and Brink's. [10]
In 2014, she came to prominence as a local leader of the Right2Water movement protesting against the imposition of domestic water charges in Ireland, and during a rally in Ayrfield Community Centre she said it was important that no political party try to take over the movement. [11]
She lives in Ayrfield, Coolock with her husband Alan and their three children.
Denise Mitchell | |
---|---|
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin Bay North |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Coolock, Dublin, Ireland | 22 November 1976
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse |
Alan Mitchell (
m. 2007) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Denise Mitchell (born 22 November 1976) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency since the 2016 general election. [2]
She was a member of Dublin City Council from 2014 to 2016. [3] [4]
A well-known community activist locally, Mitchell is described as being close to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. [5] In 2016, she listed the campaign calling to Repeal the 8th amendment as a priority for her if elected to the Dáil. [6]
In the 2016 general election, she took the fourth of five seats in the newly-created Dublin Bay North constituency.
In the 2020 general election, she received the single highest vote of any candidate in the State, securing 21,344 first-preference votes and being elected on the first count. [7] [8] [9]
She is originally from Darndale. Mitchell joined Sinn Féin in the early 1990s. She worked in a locally-based knitwear factory, Shamrock Apparel, before also having careers with Motorola, Gateway 2000 and Brink's. [10]
In 2014, she came to prominence as a local leader of the Right2Water movement protesting against the imposition of domestic water charges in Ireland, and during a rally in Ayrfield Community Centre she said it was important that no political party try to take over the movement. [11]
She lives in Ayrfield, Coolock with her husband Alan and their three children.