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Simon Hoare
MP
Official portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byLee Rowley
Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
In office
12 June 2019 – 13 November 2023
Preceded byAndrew Murrison
Succeeded byRobert Buckland
Member of Parliament
forNorth Dorset
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byRobert Walter
Majority1,589 (3.1%)
Personal details
Born(1969-06-28)28 June 1969(age 55)
Cardiff,Wales
Political partyConservative
SpouseKate Hoare
Children3 daughters
Alma materGreyfriars, Oxford

Simon James Hoare(born 28 June 1969) is aBritish Conservative Partypolitician who has been theMember of Parliament(MP) forNorth Dorsetsince2015.He was formerlyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Governmentfrom November 2023 until July 2024.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Simon Hoare was born on 28 June 1969 inCardiff.He was educated at theBishop Hannon High School,Cardiff,a Roman Catholic comprehensive school, thenGreyfriars,Oxford,where he gained aBAdegree in Modern History.[3]

Career

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Hoare worked atConservative Central Officebefore becoming thepersonal assistantto the Conservative leader ofKingston upon Thames London Borough Council.Hoare has worked as a political officer at theBow Groupand is a member of theTory Reform Group.

He began hispublic relationscareer in the 1990s when he joined Charles Barker. Following that he worked as head of property atKetchum,as an account director at PPS Group and as an external affairs director at theEnvironmental Services Association.[4]

Following this, Hoare began his own public relations andlobbyingcompany, Community Connect, of which he was managing director.[3][4]Following the 2010 general election, Hoare became a director in thepublic affairsarm of Four Communications.[5]

Hoare has also been a member of the Council of Governors of theSouth Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust.[6]

Hoare was a Conservative cabinet member onWest Oxfordshire District Council,a councillor onOxfordshire County Counciland was also a member of the executive ofWitneyConservative Association working alongside the then Prime MinisterDavid Cameron.[3][7]

Parliamentary career

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Hoare stood as theConservativecandidate inCardiff Westat the1997 general election,coming second with 21.5% of the vote behind the incumbentLabourMPRhodri Morgan.[8][9]

At the2010 general election,Hoare stood inCardiff South and Penarth,coming second with 28.3% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MPAlun Michael.[10][11][12]

At the2015 general election,Hoare was elected to Parliament as MP forNorth Dorsetwith 56.6% of the vote and a majority of 21,118.[13][14][15]

Hoare was opposed to Brexit prior to the2016 referendum.[16]

Hoare was re-elected as MP for North Dorset at the snap2017 general electionwith an increased vote share of 64.9% and an increased majority of 25,777.[17]

In September 2018, Hoare was appointedParliamentary Private Secretaryto theHome Secretary,Sajid Javid.[18]

In June 2019, Hoare was elected as the chair of theNorthern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.[19]

Hoare was again re-elected at the2019 general election,with a decreased vote share of 63.6% and a decreased majority of 24,301.[20]

In May 2020 he askedDominic Cummingsto consider his position as the PM's advisor due to Cummings travelling from London to Durham during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.[21]

In July 2021 Hoare made a tweet about bonfires that appeared to be mocking Northern Ireland Unionists. The tweet received widespread condemnation.[22]

In November 2021, he was one of 13 Conservative MPs who voted against a government-supported amendment to defer the suspension of Conservative MPOwen Patersonwho was found to have breached lobbying rules.[23]

Hoare was re-selected in February 2023 as the Conservative candidate for North Dorset at the2024 general election.[24]

In May 2023 Hoare was asked to repay four motoring fines of £80 each issued in November 2019, which he had previously claimed on his parliamentary expenses.[25]

In the2024 United Kingdom general election,Hoare was re-elected on a much reduced majority of 1,589.[26]

Election literature

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In 2015,Private Eyereported that on his election leaflets Hoare said that "My family and I live in the constituency, use local schools and are part of the community". He had only recently moved to the constituency by the time that the leaflets had been distributed.[3]It was stated that he was only selected to contest the seat in January and as late as 11 April 2015, an article in theBournemouth Daily Echoreported that he was planning to move to the constituency.[27][3]It was also reported that Hoare told theBournemouth Daily Echothat he was "not a professional politician", which was contrary to his employment history in various pro-Conservative Party organisations.[3][7]

He was similarly criticised by theSouth Wales Echowhen he stood inCardiff South and Penarthat the 2010 general election.[28]

References

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  1. ^"Ministerial appointments: November 2023".GOV.UK.14 November 2023.Retrieved15 November2023.
  2. ^Weakley, Kirsty (14 November 2023)."Former councillor named as new local government minister".Local Government Chronicle (LGC).Retrieved22 November2023.
  3. ^abcdef"The New Boys and Girls: No. 5 Simon Hoare".Private Eye.No. 1396. Pressdram Ltd. 10 July 2015. p. 11.
  4. ^ab"Moves: Senior Tory consultant Simon Hoare strengthens Four Politics' management team".Communicate Magazine.1 October 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 10 July 2015.Retrieved9 July2015.
  5. ^"Public Affairs: The Week in Lobbying".PR Week.8 October 2010.Retrieved9 July2015.
  6. ^"Council of Governors Register of Interests"(PDF).South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ab"Meet the councillor from Witney hoping to be North Dorset's next Conservative MP".Bournemouth Daily Echo.1 February 2015.Retrieved9 July2015.
  8. ^"Election Data 1997".Electoral Calculus.Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2011.Retrieved18 October2015.
  9. ^"BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Cardiff West".Vote 2001.BBC News. 1 May 1997.Retrieved12 January2011.
  10. ^"Election Data 2010".Electoral Calculus.Archived fromthe originalon 26 July 2013.Retrieved17 October2015.
  11. ^Cardiff South and PenarthArchived9 June 2011 at theWayback MachineCardiff County Council – candidates Cardiff South and Penarth
  12. ^BBC Election ResultsBBC News – Election Results – Cardiff South and Penarth
  13. ^"Dorset North Parliamentary constituency".Retrieved9 July2015.
  14. ^"Election Data 2015".Electoral Calculus.Archived fromthe originalon 17 October 2015.Retrieved17 October2015.
  15. ^"Simon Hoare chosen as the Conservative candidate for Dorset North".Conservative Home. 31 January 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 2 February 2015.Retrieved2 February2015.
  16. ^Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016)."Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?".The Spectator.Retrieved11 October2016.
  17. ^"General election 8 June 2017".Dorsetforyou.com.Archived fromthe originalon 24 April 2018.Retrieved13 May2017.
  18. ^"New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs".PoliticsHome.Dods Parliamentary Communications. 10 September 2018.Retrieved23 July2019.
  19. ^"Simon Hoare elected NI Affairs Committee chairman".BBC News.12 June 2019.Retrieved15 June2019.
  20. ^"Statement of Persons Nominated"(PDF).
  21. ^"Every Conservative MP who has condemned Dominic Cummings as lockdown row escalates".Politics Home.25 May 2020.Retrieved30 July2020.
  22. ^James, Liam (6 July 2021)."Tory MP on Northern Ireland Committee apologises for offence caused by loyalist bonfire tweet".The Independent.
  23. ^"Committee on Standards – in the House of Commons at 12:49 pm on 3rd November 2021".TheyWorkForYou.Retrieved23 December2021.
  24. ^"Simon Hoare Readopted (press release from North Dorset Conservative Association".18 February 2023.
  25. ^"MPS asked to repay driving fines claimed on expenses".BBC News.28 May 2023.
  26. ^"North Dorset - General election results 2024".BBC News.Retrieved6 July2024.
  27. ^"Vote 2015: See who's standing as a parliamentary candidate for North Dorset".Bournemouth Daily Echo.11 April 2015.Retrieved9 July2015.
  28. ^James, David (18 March 2010)."'Local' Cardiff candidate is Oxfordshire councillor ".Wales Online.
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