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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South West
72,109 electors
Active Seat

North Dorset

Current MP
Simon Hoare
Simon Hoare

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
72.1%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Simon Hoare Hold
Majority 1,589
Turnout 68.4% ↓4.7pp
Total Votes 49,683
Winner Swing ↓27.0pp
✓ Simon Hoare
Conservative
18,208 36.7%
↓27.1pp
Gary Jackson
Liberal Democrats
16,619 33.5%
↑13.1pp
Ash Leaning
Reform UK
7,894 15.9%
—
James Coldwell
Labour
4,370 8.8%
↓3.1pp
Ken Huggins
Green Party
2,082 4.2%
↑0.2pp
Si Adams
—
317 0.6%
—
Jeff Taylor
UK Independence Party
119 0.2%
—
Daniel Woodruffe
Social Democratic Party
74 0.2%
—
Conservative Simon Hoare Hold
Majority 24,301
Turnout 73.1% ↑0.1pp
Total Votes 56,107
Winner Swing ↓1.3pp
✓ Simon Hoare
Conservative
35,705 63.6%
↓1.3pp
David Chadwick
Liberal Democrats
11,404 20.3%
↑6.8pp
Pat Osborne
Labour
6,737 12.0%
↓6.6pp
Ken Huggins
Green Party
2,261 4.0%
↑1.2pp
Conservative Simon Hoare Hold
Majority 25,777
Turnout 73.0% ↑0.6pp
Total Votes 55,724
Winner Swing ↑8.3pp
✓ Simon Hoare
Conservative
36,169 64.9%
↑8.3pp
Pat Osborne
Labour
10,392 18.7%
↑9.7pp
Thomas Panton
Liberal Democrats
7,556 13.6%
↑1.9pp
John Tutton
Green Party
1,607 2.9%
↓2.8pp
Conservative Simon Hoare Hold
Majority 21,118
Turnout 72.4% ↓1.0pp
Total Votes 53,385
Winner Swing ↑5.6pp
✓ Simon Hoare
Conservative
30,227 56.6%
↑5.6pp
Steve Unwin
—
9,109 17.1%
↑11.9pp
Hugo Mieville
Liberal Democrats
6,226 11.7%
↓25.3pp
Kim Fendley
Labour
4,785 9.0%
↑3.6pp
Richard Barrington
Green Party
3,038 5.7%
↑4.7pp
Conservative Robert Walter Hold
Majority 7,625
Turnout 73.4%
Total Votes 54,141
✓ Robert Walter
Conservative
27,640 51.1%
↑4.6pp
Emily Gasson
Liberal Democrats
20,015 37.0%
↓0.9pp
Mike Bunney
Labour
2,910 5.4%
↓4.2pp
Jeremy Nieboer
—
2,812 5.2%
↑1.3pp
Anna Hayball
Green Party
546 1.0%
↓1.3pp
Roger Monksummers
—
218 0.4%
—

Turnout Trend

73.4%
'10
72.4%
'15
73.0%
'17
73.1%
'19
68.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
28.2% ▲6.4pp
50 to 64
22.1%
0 to 17
18.5%
35 to 49
16.0%
25 to 34
9.5%
18 to 24
5.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.2%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.0%
Other
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
28.2%
45 to 64
22.1%
Under 18
18.5%
30 to 44
16.0%
18 to 29
15.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
52.7%
No religion
38.5%
Not answered
7.0%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Muslim
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.9%
Asian or Asian British
1.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.5%
65 and over
21.7%
Under 18
21.0%
30 to 44
17.6%
18 to 29
11.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
66.8%
No religion
23.7%
Religion not stated
7.9%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Muslim
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mr Robert Walter Conservative 1997-05-01 2015-03-30
Sir Nicholas Baker Conservative 1979-05-03 1997-04-25