Simon Hoare, MP for North Dorset
Simon Hoare has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements; Welsh Affairs Committee; Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2023 to 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2025 | |
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 2025 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 2025 to now | Now |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 to now | Now |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
Show the other 12
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill | 2024 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2019 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2019 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Simon Hoare has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 | 5 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role. | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Family members employed | Kate Hoare employed | 29 Feb 2016 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Simon Hoare asked 31 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
97 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Simon Hoare represents North Dorset. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Simon Hoare won with 37% of the votes, and Gary Jackson (Liberal Democrat) came second with 33%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Hoare | Conservative | 18,208 | 36.6% |
| Gary Jackson | Liberal Democrat | 16,619 | 33.5% |
| Ash Leaning | Reform UK | 7,894 | 15.9% |
| James Coldwell | Labour | 4,370 | 8.8% |
| Ken Huggins | Green Party | 2,082 | 4.2% |
| Si Adams | Independent | 317 | 0.6% |
| Jeff Taylor | UK Independence Party | 119 | 0.2% |
| Daniel Woodruffe | Social Democratic Party | 74 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Simon Hoare took part in 177 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Simon Hoare voted the same way as their party in 173 of the 173 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this