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British politician (born )

Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May )^[2] is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from to He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from to and from to He also served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from to

Cable studied Economics at Cambridge and Glasgow, before working as an economic adviser to the Government of Kenya in the s, and for the Commonwealth Secretariat in the s and s.

During this period, he also lectured in economics at Glasgow. He later served as Chief Economist for Shell in the s.

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Initially active in the Labour Party, Cable became a Labour councillor in Glasgow in the s, during which time he also served as a special adviser to then-Trade SecretaryJohn Smith. In , 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 for Par