Vince Cable, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Vince Cable

British politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats

Date of Birth: 09-May-1943

Place of Birth: York, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Vince Cable

  • Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019.
  • He was Member of Parliament for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019.
  • He also served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015. Cable studied Economics at Cambridge and Glasgow, before working as an economic adviser to the Government of Kenya in the 1960s, and for the Commonwealth Secretariat in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • During this period, he also lectured in economics at Glasgow.
  • He later served as Chief Economist for Shell in the 1990s.
  • Initially active in the Labour Party, Cable became a Labour councillor in Glasgow in the 1970s, during which time he also served as a special adviser to then-Trade Secretary John Smith.
  • In 1982, however, he defected to the newly-formed Social Democratic Party, which later amalgamated with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats. After standing unsuccessfully Parliament four times, Cable was elected for Twickenham in 1997.
  • He was quickly appointed the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman, and was later elected as Deputy Leader in 2006.
  • Cable resigned from both of these positions in May 2010 after being appointed as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the coalition government.
  • He lost his seat in 2015, although later regained it in 2017.
  • Cable subsequently stood in the leadership election to replace Tim Farron, and was elected unopposed.In May 2019, Cable led the Liberal Democrats to their best national electoral performance since the 2010 election, gaining fifteen seats in the European Parliament election.
  • This followed a campaign in which the party ran on an anti-Brexit platform under the slogan, "Bollocks to Brexit".
  • He subsequently announced his intention to retire from politics, and stood down as leader on 22 July 2019, upon the election of Jo Swinson; he stood down from Parliament at 2019 general election.

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