Denise Mitchell | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mitchell in 2024 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Dublin Bay North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-11-22)22 November 1976 (age 49)[1] |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 |
Denise Mitchell (born 22 November 1976) is an IrishSinn Féin politician who has been aTeachta Dála (TD) for theDublin Bay North constituency since the2016 general election.[2]
Mitchell was first elected toDublin City Council at the 2014 local elections representing the Beaumont-Donaghmede electoral area.[3][4]
A well-known community activist locally, Mitchell is described as being a close ally to Sinn Féin leaderMary Lou McDonald.[5] In 2016, she listed the campaign calling toRepeal 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 createdDublin 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]
At the2024 general election, Mitchell was re-elected to the Dáil and is the only Dublin Bay North candidate to have been returned at each election since the constituency's creation in 2016.[10]
She has served in various roles in the Sinn Féin team in Leinster House including as Children & Youth Affairs Spokesperson, Social Protection Spokesperson, Dublin Spokesperson[11][12] and has served as Sinn Féin'sDeputy Whip in Leinster House since 2016.[13]
One of five children, Denise Mitchell was born inSheriff Street before her family moved toDarndale where she grew up. Her father worked as a millhand while her mother was employed in the localCadbury Ireland factory. Mitchell joined Sinn Féin in the early 1990s. She worked in a locally-based knitwear factory, Shamrock Apparel, where she served as ashop steward before also having careers withMotorola,Gateway 2000 andBrink's.[14]
In 2014, she came to prominence as a local leader of theRight2Water 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.[15]
She lives in Ayrfield, Coolock with her husband Alan and their six children.
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