UK general elections › 2017 › North Dorset
North Dorset — 2017
Simon Hoare (Conservative Party) was elected with 36,169 votes— 64.9% of 55,724 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 64.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +14.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,724
| 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 | 36,169 | 64.9% | +14.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Pat Osborne | Labour Party | 10,392 | 18.6% | — | |
| 3 | Thomas Panton | Liberal Democrats | 7,556 | 13.6% | — | |
| 4 | John Tutton | Green Party | 1,607 | 2.9% | — |
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.