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This is a summary of the electoral history of Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade under the Coalition Government of David Cameron, MP for Twickenham 1997 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2019, and Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to July 2019.

Council elections

1970 Glasgow Corporation election, Partick West

Glasgow Corporation Election 1970: Partick West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressives D. R. Macfarlane 3,467
Labour J. Cable 1,333
SNP M. N. Clelland 710
Communist S. Barr 97
Majority 2,134
Turnout 41.74
Registered electors 13,433
Progressives hold Swing

1971 Glasgow Corporation election, Maryhill

Glasgow Corporation Election 1971: Maryhill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. V. Cable 5,178
Conservative G. P. Keany 2,062
SNP T. Murray 757
Turnout 41.61
Registered electors 19,217
Labour gain from Progressives Swing

Parliamentary elections

1970 general election, Glasgow Hillhead

General Election 1970: Glasgow Hillhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 14,674 61.3 -1.6
Labour John Vincent Cable 7,303 30.5 -6.6
SNP G Wotherspoon 1,957 8.2
Majority 7,371 30.8
Turnout 69.5

1983 general election, York

General Election 1983: York[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Conal Gregory 24,309 41.31
Labour Alex Lyon 20,662 35.11
SDP Vince Cable 13,523 22.98
Independent Anthony J. Lister 204 0.35
BNP Thomas G. Brattan 148 0.25
Majority 3,647 6.20
Turnout 75.14
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1987 general election, York

General Election 1987: York[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Conal Gregory 25,880 41.64
Labour Hugh Bayley 25,733 41.41
SDP Vince Cable 9,898 15.93
Green Alan Dunnett 637 1.02
Majority 147 0.24
Turnout 78.37
Conservative hold Swing

1992 general election, Twickenham

General Election 1992: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Toby Jessel 26,804 50.4 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 21,093 39.7 +1.4
Labour Michael D. Gold 4,919 9.3 +0.9
Natural Law Gary P. Gill 152 0.3 N/A
Democratic Liberal and Conservatives D.W. Griffith 103 0.2 N/A
Liberal A.J. Miners 85 0.2 N/A
Majority 5,711 10.7 −2.8
Turnout 53,156 84.2 +2.7
Conservative hold Swing −1.5

1997 general election, Twickenham

General Election 1997: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 26,237 45.1 +5.4
Conservative Toby Jessel 21,956 37.8 −12.6
Labour Eva Tutchell 9,065 15.6 +6.3
Independent English Conservative and Referendum Jane Harrison 589 1.0 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Terence D. Haggar 155 0.3 N/A
Natural Law Anthony J.W. Hardy 142 0.2 −0.1
Majority 4,281 7.3 N/A
Turnout 58,144 79.3 -4.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.0

2001 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2001: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 24,344 48.7 +3.6
Conservative Nicholas Longworth 16,689 33.4 −4.3
Labour Dean Rogers 6,903 13.8 −1.8
Green Judith Maciejowska 1,423 2.8 N/A
UKIP Ray Hollebone 579 1.2 N/A
Majority 7,655 15.3 +8.0
Turnout 49,938 66.4 −12.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0

2005 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2005: Twickenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 26,696 51.6 +2.9
Conservative Paul Maynard 16,731 32.4 −1.0
Labour Brian Whitington 5,868 11.4 −2.4
Green Henry B. Leveson-Gower 1,445 2.8 0.0
UKIP Douglas Orchard 766 1.5 +0.3
Independent Brian P. Gibert 117 0.2 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket George Weiss 64 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,965 19.3 +4.0
Turnout 51,687 71.8 +5.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0

2010 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2010: Twickenham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 32,483 54.4 +2.7
Conservative Deborah Thomas 20,343 34.1 +1.7
Labour Brian Tomlinson 4,583 7.7 −3.7
UKIP Brian Gilbert 868 1.5 +0.0
Green Stephen Roest 674 1.1 −1.7
BNP Chris Hurst 654 1.1 N/A
Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality Harry Cole 76 0.1 N/A
Magna Carta Paul Armstrong 40 0.0 N/A
Majority 12,140 20.3 +1.0
Turnout 59,721 74.8 +2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.5

2015 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2015: Twickenham[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tania Mathias 25,580 41.3 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 23,563 38.0 −16.4
Labour Nick Grant 7,129 11.5 +3.8
UKIP Barry Edwards 3,069 4.9 +3.5
Green Tanya Williams 2,463 4.0 +2.8
Christian Dominic Stockford 174 0.3 N/A
Magna Carta David Wedgwood 26 0.0 N/A
Majority 2,017 3.3 N/A
Turnout 62,004 77.3 +2.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.8

2017 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2017: Twickenham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 34,969 52.8 +14.8
Conservative Tania Mathias 25,207 38.0 -3.3
Labour Katherine Dunne 6,114 9.2 -2.3
Majority 9,762 14.8
Turnout 66,290 79.5 +2.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.0

Liberal Democrats leadership elections

2006 deputy leadership election

First round
Candidate Votes %
Matthew Taylor 25 39.7
Vince Cable 21 33.3
David Heath 17 27.0
Turnout 63 100%

David Heath was eliminated after the first round, and his second preferences were redistributed.[9]

Second round
Candidate Change Votes %
Vince Cable +10 31 51.7
Matthew Taylor +4 29 48.3
Not transferable +3 3 —
Turnout 63 100%

2017 leadership election

Candidate Votes %
Turnout: n/a
Sir Vince Cable MP unopposed
n/a
Total n/a

References

  1. ^ The Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1970, page 9
  2. ^ The Glasgow Herald, 5 May 1971, page 10
  3. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Election results for Twickenham, 7 May 2015". 7 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Vince Cable is to run for parliament in snap election". The Independent. 18 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Cable elected Lib Dem deputy leader". ePolitix.com. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
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