On the 2nd July 2022, Cable was announced as Vice President of the European Movement. 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 the 2019 general election. This followed a campaign in which the party ran on an anti-Brexit platform. 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. Cable subsequently stood in the leadership election to replace Tim Farron, and was elected unopposed. He lost his seat in 2015, although later regained it in 2017. 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 was quickly appointed the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, and was later elected as Deputy Leader in 2006. In 1982, however, he defected to the newly formed Social Democratic Party, which later amalgamated with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats.Īfter standing unsuccessfully for Parliament four times, Cable was elected for Twickenham in 1997. 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. He later served as Chief Economist for Shell in the 1990s. During this period, he also lectured in economics at Glasgow. He also served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2015.Ĭable 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. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. Sir John Vincent Cable (born ) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
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