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North Dorset — 2024
Simon Hoare (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,208 votes— 36.6% of 49,683 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 36.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,683
| 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 | 18,208 | −13.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Gary Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 16,619 | — | ||
| 3 | Ash Leaning | Reform UK | 7,894 | — | ||
| 4 | James Coldwell | Labour Party | 4,370 | — | ||
| 5 | Ken Huggins | Green Party | 2,082 | — | ||
| 6 | Si Adams | Independent | 317 | — | ||
| 7 | Jeff Taylor | UK Independence Party | 119 | — | ||
| 8 | Daniel Woodruffe | Social Democratic Party | 74 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.