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Denise Mitchell
Irish politician (born 1976)
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]