Simon James Hoare (born 28 June 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dorset since 2015.

[3][7] Hoare stood as the Conservative candidate in Cardiff West at the 1997 general election, coming second with 21.5% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Rhodri Morgan.

[8][9] At the 2010 general election, Hoare stood in Cardiff South and Penarth, coming second with 28.3% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Alun Michael.

[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.

[28] In 2015, Private Eye reported 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".

[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 the Bournemouth Daily Echo reported that he was planning to move to the constituency.

[29][3] It was also reported that Hoare told the Bournemouth Daily Echo that he was "not a professional politician", which was contrary to his employment history in various pro-Conservative Party organisations.