Electoral history of Vince Cable

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

gain

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.