Duncan Smith saw his majority slashed from 8,400 to 2,400 in 2017. Her mother relied on disability benefits to survive while awaiting for a heart transplant, and was reassessed for welfare cuts under Duncan Smith. At his constituency office in the northern, Conservative-leaning end of the constituency, Duncan Smith is not concerned about an anti-establishment upstart giving him the biggest constituency fight of his career. In interviews, Shaheen mentions Duncan Smith repeatedly, while Duncan Smith does not mention her once. Owen Baldwin runs a barber shop three doors down from Faiza Shaheen’s campaign headquarters but will be voting for Iain Duncan Smith.

Source: The Irish Times December 11, 2019 17:01 UTC