Riding profile

North Dorset

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

North Dorset: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

North Dorset, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 30% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Simon Hoare

Sits with Conservative

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.5
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 29.6%
  • Reform UK 28.0%
  • Lib Dems 26.5%
  • Green 7.6%
  • Labour 5.8%
  • Other 2.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Green
HereNorth Dorset 29.6%28.0%26.5%7.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +10.7 25.3% +2.7 11.6% +14.9 11.8% −4.2

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
3.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Simon Hoare Elected Conservative 18,208 36.6
Gary Jackson Lib Dems 16,619 33.5
Ash Leaning Reform UK 7,894 15.9
James Coldwell Labour 4,370 8.8
Ken Huggins Green 2,082 4.2
Si Adams Other 317 0.6
Jeff Taylor Other 119 0.2
Daniel Woodruffe Other 74 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,259
Median age
49
Employment rate
84.8%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029