UK general elections2015 › North Dorset

North Dorset — 2015

Simon Hoare (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,227 votes56.6% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Simon Hoare Conservative Party 30,22756.6%+6.6 ptsElected
2Steve Unwin UK Independence Party 9,10917.1%
3Hugo Mieville Liberal Democrats 6,22611.7%
4Kim Fendley Labour Party 4,7859.0%
5Richard Barrington Green Party 3,0385.7%

Electorate 73,759 · Turnout 72.4% · Majority 21,118 · Back to 2015 overview

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.