Sir Vince Cable

Sir Vince Cable KVO is an Independent MP, currently serving the Gordon Constituency in Scotland after being elected in 2001. Cable was married to Sheila Cable, but is now widowed after Sheila was killed in a horrific car crash with a drunk driver in 1990.

Early Life
Born and raised in Gordon, Cable was raised by his mother and father, alongside his brother. He was educated within a state secondary school. He then went on to Edinburgh University to study Law. After this, he moved back to Aberdeen to work as an in-house lawyer for an oil firm.

Liberal Unionist MP
Electeted in 2001 for Gordon, Vince originally joined the Liberal Unionist party. At the formation of the Liberal Unionist and Labour coalition, Cable was appointed Leader of the House of Commons. Cable resigned from his position after suffering an emotional breakdown, without attending the house for a year.

Independent MP
Sir Vince Cable re-entered the house in 2003. He resigned the Liberal Unionist whip, instead becoming an independent MP. Cable has advocated for the House of Commons to become less toxic, claiming that debated have become useless and no real change can happen.

Family
He married Sheila Cable in 1985, a nurse working within the NHS. Tragically, Sheila was killed in a car crash in 1990, with the driver being two twice over the legal limit. It was this that sparked Vinces' interest in politics, with him leaving his job, moving from Aberdeen into a town in Aberdeenshire, standing to be a councillor in the council. It was here that he began his political career.