Electoral history of Vince Cable

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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.

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Council elections

1970 Glasgow Corporation election, Partick West

Glasgow Corporation Election 1970: Partick West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressives D. R. Macfarlane3,467
Labour J. Cable 1,333
SNP M. N. Clelland710
Communist S. Barr97
Majority2,134
Turnout 41.74
Registered electors 13,433
Progressives hold Swing

1971 Glasgow Corporation election, Maryhill

Glasgow Corporation Election 1971: Maryhill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. V. Cable 5,178
Conservative G. P. Keany2,062
SNP T. Murray757
Turnout 41.61
Registered electors 19,217
Labour gain from Progressives Swing

Parliamentary elections

1970 general election, Glasgow Hillhead

General Election 1970: Glasgow Hillhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tam Galbraith 14,67461.3-1.6
Labour John Vincent Cable 7,30330.5-6.6
SNP G Wotherspoon1,9578.2
Majority7,37130.8
Turnout 69.5

1983 general election, York

General Election 1983: York [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Conal Gregory 24,30941.31
Labour Alex Lyon 20,66235.11
SDP Vince Cable 13,52322.98
IndependentAnthony J. Lister2040.35
BNP Thomas G. Brattan1480.25
Majority3,6476.20
Turnout 75.14
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1987 general election, York

General Election 1987: York [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Conal Gregory 25,88041.64
Labour Hugh Bayley 25,73341.41
SDP Vince Cable 9,89815.93
Green Alan Dunnett6371.02
Majority1470.24
Turnout 78.37
Conservative hold Swing

1992 general election, Twickenham

General Election 1992: Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Jessel 26,804 50.4 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 21,09339.7+1.4
Labour Michael D. Gold4,9199.3+0.9
Natural Law Gary P. Gill1520.3N/A
Democratic Liberal and ConservativesD.W. Griffith1030.2N/A
Liberal A.J. Miners850.2N/A
Majority5,71110.7−2.8
Turnout 53,15684.2+2.7
Conservative hold Swing −1.5

1997 general election, Twickenham

General Election 1997: Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 26,237 45.1 +5.4
Conservative Toby Jessel 21,95637.8−12.6
Labour Eva Tutchell9,06515.6+6.3
Independent English Conservative and ReferendumJane Harrison5891.0N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Terence D. Haggar1550.3N/A
Natural Law Anthony J.W. Hardy1420.2−0.1
Majority4,2817.3N/A
Turnout 58,14479.3-4.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.0

2001 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2001: Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 24,344 48.7 +3.6
Conservative Nicholas Longworth16,68933.4−4.3
Labour Dean Rogers6,90313.8−1.8
Green Judith Maciejowska1,4232.8N/A
UKIP Ray Hollebone5791.2N/A
Majority7,65515.3+8.0
Turnout 49,93866.4−12.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0

2005 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2005: Twickenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 26,696 51.6 +2.9
Conservative Paul Maynard 16,73132.4−1.0
Labour Brian Whitington5,86811.4−2.4
Green Henry B. Leveson-Gower1,4452.80.0
UKIP Douglas Orchard7661.5+0.3
Independent Brian P. Gibert1170.2N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket George Weiss 640.1N/A
Majority9,96519.3+4.0
Turnout 51,68771.8+5.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0

2010 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2010: Twickenham [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 32,483 54.4 +2.7
Conservative Deborah Thomas20,34334.1+1.7
Labour Brian Tomlinson4,5837.7−3.7
UKIP Brian Gilbert8681.5+0.0
Green Stephen Roest6741.1−1.7
BNP Chris Hurst6541.1N/A
Citizens for Undead Rights and EqualityHarry Cole760.1N/A
Magna CartaPaul Armstrong400.0N/A
Majority12,14020.3+1.0
Turnout 59,72174.8+2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.5

2015 general election, Twickenham

General Election 2015: Twickenham [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tania Mathias 25,580 41.3 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 23,56338.0−16.4
Labour Nick Grant7,12911.5+3.8
UKIP Barry Edwards3,0694.9+3.5
Green Tanya Williams2,4634.0+2.8
Christian Dominic Stockford1740.3N/A
Magna CartaDavid Wedgwood260.0N/A
Majority2,0173.3N/A
Turnout 62,00477.3+2.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.8

2017 general election, Twickenham

gain

General Election 2017: Twickenham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vince Cable 34,969 52.8 +14.8
Conservative Tania Mathias 25,20738.0-3.3
Labour Katherine Dunne6,1149.2-2.3
Majority9,76214.8
Turnout 66,29079.5+2.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +9.0

Liberal Democrats leadership elections

2006 deputy leadership election

First round
CandidateVotes%
Matthew Taylor 2539.7
Vince Cable 2133.3
David Heath 1727.0
Turnout63100%

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

Second round
CandidateChangeVotes%
Vince Cable +103151.7
Matthew Taylor +42948.3
Not transferable+33—
Turnout63100%

2017 leadership election

CandidateVotes %
Turnout: n/a
Sir Vince Cable MP unopposed
n/a
Totaln/a

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