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Last 12 months

How Simon Hoare votes

Simon Hoare voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 173 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

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.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Israel between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 20265 Jun 2026
MiscellaneousVice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.12 Aug 2025
Family members employedKate Hoare employed29 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

Department of Health and Social Care7
Home Office6
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government4
Department for Culture, Media and Sport4
Department for Work and Pensions3

Latest questions

8 Jun 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Jun 2026
20 May 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 4 Jun 2026
27 Feb 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 17 Mar 2026
27 Feb 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 5 Mar 2026
27 Feb 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 5 Mar 2026

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£24,223
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,464
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£6,759

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.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

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.

WINNER, 2024
Simon Hoare

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,589

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
68%

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

Conservative37% · 18,208
Liberal Democrat33% · 16,619
Reform UK16% · 7,894
Labour9% · 4,370
Green Party4% · 2,082
Independent1% · 317
Everyone else0% · 193
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Simon HoareConservative18,20836.6%
Gary JacksonLiberal Democrat16,61933.5%
Ash LeaningReform UK7,89415.9%
James ColdwellLabour4,3708.8%
Ken HugginsGreen Party2,0824.2%
Si AdamsIndependent3170.6%
Jeff TaylorUK Independence Party1190.2%
Daniel WoodruffeSocial Democratic Party740.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£723 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

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