Denise Mitchell (born 22 November 1976) is an Irish

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politician who has been a

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(TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency since the 2016 general election. She was a member of

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from 2014 to 2016. A well-known community activist locally, Mitchell is described as being close to Sinn Féin leader

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. In 2016, she listed the campaign calling to

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amendment as a priority for her if elected to the Dáil. 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.

Personal life

She is originally from

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. Mitchell joined Sinn Féin in the early 1990s. She worked in a locally-based knitwear factory, Shamrock Apparel, before also having careers with

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and

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. In 2014, she came to prominence as a local leader of the

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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. She lives in Ayrfield, Coolock with her husband Alan and their three children.

References

External links

Denise Mitchell's page on the Sinn Féin website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Denise 1976 births Living people Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Members of Dublin City Council Members of the 32nd Dáil Members of the 33rd Dáil 21st-century women Teachtaí Dála Politicians from County Dublin Sinn Féin TDs (post-1923)