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2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election |
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2003 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election |
| previous_year | 2003 |
| next_election | 2010 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election |
| next_year | 2010 |
| election_date | 29 March 2006 |
| 1blank | First round |
| 2blank | Second round |
| image1 | Vince Cable, March 2008.jpg |
| image1_size | 150x150px |
| candidate1 | **Vince Cable** |
| colour1 | |
| 1data1 | 21 (33.3%) |
| 2data1 | **31 (51.7%)** |
| image2 | Official portrait of Lord Taylor of Goss Moor crop 2.jpg |
| image2_size | 150x150px |
| candidate2 | Matthew Taylor |
| colour2 | |
| 1data2 | **25 (39.7%)** |
| 2data2 | 29 (48.3%) |
| image3 | David Heath MP at Bournemouth 2009 (cropped).jpg |
| image3_size | 150x150px |
| candidate3 | David Heath |
| colour3 | |
| 1data3 | 17 (27.0%) |
| 2data3 | *Eliminated* |
| title | Deputy Leader |
| before_election | Menzies Campbell |
| after_election | Vince Cable |
The 2006 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election began on 2 March 2006, when the sitting Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, was elected leader of the party. Campbell had been deputy leader since February 2003.
The post was elected by and from the party's 63 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, who voted on 29 March 2006. Vince Cable was elected as deputy leader in the second round. There were three candidates: Vince Cable, David Heath and Matthew Taylor. Three further MPs, Susan Kramer, Phil Willis and Ed Davey, canvassed support from colleagues but did not enter nominations.
Result
| First round | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Taylor | 25 | 39.7 | ||||||||
| Vince Cable | 21 | 33.3 | ||||||||
| David Heath | 17 | 27.0 | ||||||||
| 63 | 100 | |||||||||
| Second ballot required |
David Heath was eliminated after the first round, and his second preferences were redistributed.
| Second round | Candidate | Change | Votes | % | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Vince Cable** | **+10** | **31** | **51.7** | ||||||||
| Matthew Taylor | +4 | 29 | 48.3 | ||||||||
| *Not transferable* | *+3* | *3* | |||||||||
| 63 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Vince Cable elected |
References
References
- Celia Walden. (2006-03-14). "Spy". The Daily Telegraph.
- (29 March 2006). "Cable elected Lib Dem deputy leader". ePolitix.com.
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