UK general elections › 2015 › North Dorset
North Dorset — 2015
Simon Hoare (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,227 votes— 56.6% of 53,385 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,385
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Hoare | Conservative Party | 30,227 | 56.6% | +6.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steve Unwin | UK Independence Party | 9,109 | 17.1% | — | |
| 3 | Hugo Mieville | Liberal Democrats | 6,226 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Kim Fendley | Labour Party | 4,785 | 9.0% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Barrington | Green Party | 3,038 | 5.7% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.