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Simon James Hoare (born 28 June 1969) is a
British Conservative Party The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. It is the current governing party, ...
politician. He has been the
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(MP) for
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since May 2015.


Education

Hoare was educated at the
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,
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, a Roman Catholic comprehensive school, then Greyfriars,
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, where he gained a BA degree in Modern History.


Professional career

Hoare worked at
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before becoming the
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to the Conservative leader of
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council Kingston London Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. History There have previously b ...
. Hoare has worked as a political officer at the
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and is a member of the
Tory Reform Group The Tory Reform Group (TRG) is a pressure group associated with the British Conservative Party that works to promote "modern, progressive Conservatism... economic efficiency and social justice" and "a Conservatism that supports equality, divers ...
. He began his
public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. P ...
career in the 1990s when he joined Charles Barker. Following that he worked as head of property at
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, as an account director at PPS Group and as an external affairs director at the
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. Following this, Hoare began his own public relations and
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company, Community Connect, of which he was managing director. Following the 2010 general election, Hoare became a director in the public affairs arm of Four Communications. Hoare has also been a member of the Council of Governors of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust. In July 2021 Hoare made a tweet about bonfires that appeared to be mocking Northern Ireland Unionists. The tweet received widespread condemnation.


Political career

Hoare was a Conservative cabinet member on
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, a councillor on Oxfordshire County Council and was also a member of the executive of
Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...
Conservative Association working alongside the then Prime Minister
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. He contested Cardiff West at the 1997 general election, and Cardiff South and Penarth at the 2010 general election, coming second to Labour's
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. Hoare was elected Member of Parliament for
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at the 2015 general election, increasing his predecessor, Robert Walter's, majority from 7,625 to 21,118 votes. Hoare was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum. In September 2018 Hoare was appointed
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to the
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,
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. In June 2019, Hoare was elected as the chair of the
Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee (or simply the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee's remit is to examine the expenditure, administ ...
. In May 2020 he asked
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to consider his position as the PM's advisor due to Cummings travelling from London to Durham during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. In November 2021, he was one of 13 Conservative MPs who voted against a government-supported amendment to defer the suspension of Conservative MP
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who was found to have breached lobbying rules.


Election literature

In 2015, ''
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'' 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." He had only recently moved to the constituency by the time that the leaflets had been distributed. 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 ''
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'' reported that he was planning to move to the constituency. 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. He was similarly criticised by the ''
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'' when he stood in Cardiff South and Penarth at the 2010 general election.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoare, Simon 1969 births Living people Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present Politicians from Cardiff Conservative Party (UK) councillors Councillors in Oxfordshire