[9] Vince was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the second of three children to parents who ran a Fenland haulage firm.

[7] In 1991, he saw his first windfarm ("I thought, either I can carry on by myself with the windmill on my van, or I can get into the big stuff"[12]) and, in 1995, he founded the Renewable Energy Company.

As well as developing his interest in politics, he would focus on renewable projects such as tidal lagoons and geothermal energy.

[15][16] In 2010, Vince became a major shareholder of Forest Green Rovers FC,[17] and three months later was appointed club chairman.

[18] In February 2011, Rovers players were banned from eating red meat for health reasons,[clarification needed] and a few weeks later the sale of all red meat products was banned at the club's ground, leaving only vegetarian options and free-range poultry and fish from sustainable stocks.

[19] Vince introduced a number of different eco-friendly developments at the club including the installation of solar panels[20] on its New Lawn home ground, the use of a solar-powered robot grass mower,[21] and the creation of the world's first organic football pitch.

[24][25] In 2021, the team became the first in the world to play in a football kit made from a composite material consisting of recycled plastic and coffee grounds.

Vince was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for "services to the Environment and to the Electricity Industry".

[13] Prior to the 2015 UK general election, he was one of several 'celebrities' who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas.

[37] He has made donations to various Labour Party MPs, as well as environmental protest groups, such as Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

The US allows this, pumps billions into Israel to support its economy and military and uses its veto to block any meaningful action by the UN".

He said the West's position in relation to Palestine "stands in stark contradiction to 'our' claims to moral superiority, civilization and democratic values".

Vince said his remark was taken from a doctored video clip and that, in the same interview, he had agreed that Hamas were terrorists and Israel had a right to defend itself.

[40] In July 2024, Vince sued ownership of the political blog Guido Fawkes for libel, claiming that the site implied he supported Hamas by circulating a clip of the Times Radio interview that featured only the "freedom fighter" remark with no additional context.