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.
Council elections[edit]
1970 Glasgow Corporation election, Partick West[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
1970 general election, Glasgow Hillhead[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
2006 deputy leadership election[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout: n/a | ||||
| Sir Vince Cable MP | unopposed | n/a | ||
| Total | n/a | |||
References[edit]
- ^ The Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1970, page 9
- ^ The Glasgow Herald, 5 May 1971, page 10
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election results for Twickenham, 7 May 2015". 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Vince Cable is to run for parliament in snap election". The Independent. 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Cable elected Lib Dem deputy leader". ePolitix.com. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2006.