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title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> from 1997 to 2007 and as <a href="/wiki/First_Secretary_of_State" title="First Secretary of State">First Secretary of State</a> from 2001 to 2007. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>, he was <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston upon Hull East">Kingston upon Hull East</a> for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. He was often seen as the political link to the working class in a Labour Party increasingly led by modernising, middle-class professionals such as <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Peter Mandelson</a>, and developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often fractious relationship between Blair and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>. <table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">The Lord Prescott</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Prescott_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-John_Prescott_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="755"></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1997</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Heseltine" title="Michael Heseltine">Michael Heseltine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[a]</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Deputy Leader of the Labour Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 21 July 1994 – 24 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Tony Blair</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Secretary_of_State" title="First Secretary of State">First Secretary of State</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 8 June 2001 – 27 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data">Tony Blair</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Heseltine<a href="#cite_note-2">[b]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Mandelson" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Mandelson">The Lord Mandelson</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[c]</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions" title="Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions">Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data">Tony Blair</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Pursey" title="Harry Pursey">Harry Pursey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Turner_(British_politician)" title="Karl Turner (British politician)">Karl Turner</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_cabinet" title="Shadow cabinet">Shadow cabinet</a> posts </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Harriet Harman</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 26 October 1984 – 13 July 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">John Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Meacher" title="Michael Meacher">Michael Meacher</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Transport">Shadow Secretary of State for Transport</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 23 November 1988 – 21 October 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Neil Kinnock</li><li>John Smith</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes,_Baron_Hughes_of_Woodside" title="Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside">Robert Hughes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Frank Dobson</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 31 October 1983 – 26 October 1984</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Neil Kinnock</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Albert Booth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Dunwoody" title="Gwyneth Dunwoody">Gwyneth Dunwoody</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Energy">Shadow Secretary of State for Energy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 13 July 1987 – 23 November 1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Neil Kinnock</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Orme" title="Stan Orme">Stan Orme</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Tony Blair </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Leslie Prescott</div> (1938-05-31)31 May 1938 <a href="/wiki/Prestatyn" title="Prestatyn">Prestatyn</a>, Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 November 2024(2024-11-20) (aged 86)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Pauline Tilston</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>1961)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruskin_College" title="Ruskin College">Ruskin College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Hull" title="University of Hull">University of Hull</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Prescott's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg/128px-Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg/192px-Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg/256px-Signature_of_John_Prescott.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="107"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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He went on to graduate from <a href="/wiki/Ruskin_College" title="Ruskin College">Ruskin College</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hull" title="University of Hull">University of Hull</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party leadership election">1994 Labour Party leadership election</a>, he stood for both the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">leadership</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">deputy leadership</a>, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed deputy prime minister after Labour's victory in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 election</a>, with an expanded brief as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions" title="Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions">Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions</a> until 2001, then subsequently as <a href="/wiki/First_Secretary_of_State" title="First Secretary of State">First Secretary of State</a> until 2007. In June 2007, he resigned as deputy prime minister, coinciding with Blair's resignation as prime minister. Following an election within the Labour Party, he was replaced as deputy leader by <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>. After retiring as a member of Parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Prescott was made a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> and sat in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> until 2024. He stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2012 election</a> to be the first <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">police and crime commissioner</a> for <a href="/wiki/Humberside_Police" title="Humberside Police">Humberside Police</a>. Prescott resigned from the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a> in 2013 in protest against delays to the introduction of press regulation, of which he had become a proponent. In February 2015, he briefly returned to politics as an adviser to Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a>. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life">1 Early life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Member_of_Parliament">2 Member of Parliament</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Deputy_Prime_Minister">3 Deputy Prime Minister</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions">3.1 Environment, Transport and the Regions</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Environment">3.1.1 Environment</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Integrated_transport_policy">3.1.2 Integrated transport policy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Rail_regulation">3.1.3 Rail regulation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Local_and_regional_government">3.2 Local and regional government</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Housing">3.3 Housing</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Opposition_to_education_reforms">3.4 Opposition to education reforms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Links_with_the_grass_roots">3.5 Links with the grass roots</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Abolition_of_department">3.6 Abolition of department</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Announcement_of_retirement">3.7 Announcement of retirement</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Life_after_government">4 Life after government</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Television_appearances">4.1 Television appearances</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Public_profile">5 Public profile</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#'Prescott_punch'">5.1 'Prescott punch'</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Council_tax">5.2 Council tax</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Sexual_infidelity">5.3 Sexual infidelity</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Sexual_assault_allegation">5.4 Sexual assault allegation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Expenses_claims">5.5 Expenses claims</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Other_incidents">5.6 Other incidents</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Personal_life,_illness_and_death">6 Personal life, illness and death</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Publications">7 Publications</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Notes">8 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#References">9 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Further_reading">10 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#External_links">11 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> Prescott was born in <a href="/wiki/Prestatyn" title="Prestatyn">Prestatyn</a>, Wales, on 31 May 1938<a href="#cite_note-4">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Pauline-5">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[3]</a> to John Herbert ("Bert")<a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-7">[4]</a> Prescott<a href="#cite_note-8">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-7">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[6]</a> and Phyllis, <a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Parrish.<a href="#cite_note-10">[7]</a> Prescott's father was a <a href="/wiki/Railway_signalman" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway signalman">railway signalman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magistrate_(England_and_Wales)" title="Magistrate (England and Wales)">Justice of the Peace</a>,<a href="#cite_note-11">[8]</a> and Labour councillor. His family won a competition to find the "most typical British family of 1951".<a href="#cite_note-12">[9]</a> In 2009, he said: "I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh ... I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country."<a href="#cite_note-IcWales-13">[10]</a> He left Wales in 1942 at the age of four and was brought up initially in <a href="/wiki/Brinsworth" title="Brinsworth">Brinsworth</a>, Rotherham, in the <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>, England. He attended Brinsworth Manor School, where in 1949 he sat but failed the <a href="/wiki/Eleven-plus" title="Eleven-plus">11-Plus</a> examination to attend <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Grammar_School" title="Rotherham Grammar School">Rotherham Grammar School</a>. Shortly afterwards, his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Upton-by-Chester" title="Upton-by-Chester">Upton-by-Chester</a>, and he attended Grange Secondary Modern School in nearby <a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_Port" title="Ellesmere Port">Ellesmere Port</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[11]</a> Prescott became a steward and waiter in the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)" title="Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)">Merchant Navy</a>, working for <a href="/wiki/Cunard" class="mw-redirect" title="Cunard">Cunard</a>, and was a popular left-wing union activist. Prescott's time in the Merchant Navy included a cruise from England to New Zealand in 1957.<a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-prescott_eden-16">[13]</a> Among the passengers was a former prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a>, recuperating after his resignation over the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>. Prescott reportedly described Eden as a "real gentleman". Apart from serving Eden, who stayed in his cabin much of the time, Prescott also won several boxing contests, at which Eden presented the prizes.<a href="#cite_note-prescott_eden-16">[13]</a> He married Pauline "Tilly" Tilston at Upton Church in Chester on 11 November 1961.<a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a> He then went to <a href="/wiki/Ruskin_College" title="Ruskin College">Ruskin College</a>, which specialises in courses for union officials, where he gained a diploma in economics and politics in 1965. In 1968, he obtained a <a href="/wiki/BSc" class="mw-redirect" title="BSc">BSc</a> degree in economics and <a href="/wiki/Economic_history" title="Economic history">economic history</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hull" title="University of Hull">University of Hull</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[15]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> Prescott returned to the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Seamen" title="National Union of Seamen">National Union of Seamen</a> as a full-time official before being elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> as Member of Parliament (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston upon Hull East">Kingston upon Hull East</a> in 1970, succeeding Commander <a href="/wiki/Harry_Pursey" title="Harry Pursey">Harry Pursey</a>, the retiring Labour MP, and defeating the Conservative challenger <a href="/wiki/Norman_Lamont" title="Norman Lamont">Norman Lamont</a>. He had previously attempted to become MP for <a href="/wiki/Southport_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southport (UK Parliament constituency)">Southport</a> in 1966, but came in second place, approximately 9,500 votes behind the Conservative candidate.<a href="#cite_note-archive.org-19">[16]</a> From July 1975 to 1979, he concurrently served as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) and Leader of the Labour Group, when its members were nominated by the national Parliaments.<a href="#cite_note-archive.org-19">[16]</a> In 1988 Prescott and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Heffer" title="Eric Heffer">Eric Heffer</a> <a href="/wiki/1988_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1988 Labour Party deputy leadership election">challenged</a> <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a> for the deputy leadership of the party, but Hattersley was re-elected as deputy leader. Prescott stood again in the <a href="/wiki/1992_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1992 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1992 deputy leadership election</a>, following Hattersley's retirement, but lost to <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hattersley-20">[17]</a> Prescott held various posts in Labour's <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">shadow cabinet</a>, but his career was secured by an impassioned closing speech in the debate at the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_Conference" title="Labour Party Conference">Labour Party Conference</a> in 1993 on the introduction of "one member, one vote" for the selection and reselection of Labour Parliamentary candidates that helped swing the vote in favour of this reform. In 1994 Prescott was a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/1994_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1994 Labour Party leadership election">party leadership election</a> that followed the death of leader <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>, standing for the positions of both <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">leader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">deputy leader</a>.<a href="#cite_note-archive.org-19">[16]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> won the leadership contest, with Prescott being elected deputy leader.<a href="#cite_note-archive.org-19">[16]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Deputy_Prime_Minister">Deputy Prime Minister</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deputy Prime Minister" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister,_June_2007_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1426" data-file-height="1901"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Prescott during his last day as Deputy Prime Minister, 27 June 2007</figcaption></figure> With the formation of a Labour government in <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>, Prescott was made <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a> and given a very large <a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">portfolio</a> as the head of the newly created <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions">Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions</a>. In the United Kingdom, the title of Deputy Prime Minister is used only occasionally, and confers no constitutional powers (in which it is similar to the pre-20th century usage of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a>). The deputy prime minister stands in when the prime minister is unavailable, most visibly at <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions" title="Prime Minister's Questions">Prime Minister's Questions</a>, and Prescott attended various Heads of Government meetings on behalf of Prime Minister Tony Blair.<a href="#cite_note-21">[18]</a> Since the position of deputy prime minister draws no salary, Prescott's remuneration was based on his position as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions" title="Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions">Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions</a> until <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a>. This "super department" was then broken up, with the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> established as separate entities. Prescott, still deputy prime minister, was also given the largely honorific title of <a href="/wiki/First_Secretary_of_State" title="First Secretary of State">First Secretary of State</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In July 2001 an Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) was created to administer the areas remaining under his responsibility.<a href="#cite_note-22">[19]</a> This was originally part of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a>, but became a department in its own right in May 2002, when it absorbed some of the responsibilities of the former Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The ODPM had responsibility for local and regional government, housing, communities and the fire service.<a href="#cite_note-23">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions">Environment, Transport and the Regions</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Environment, Transport and the Regions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Environment">Environment</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Environment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The UK played a major role in the successful negotiations on the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol" title="Kyoto Protocol">Kyoto Protocol</a> on climate change and Prescott led the UK delegation at the discussions.<a href="#cite_note-24">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[22]</a> In May 2006, in recognition of his work in delivering the Kyoto Treaty, Tony Blair asked him to work with the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary" title="Foreign Secretary">Foreign Secretary</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" title="Secretary of State for the Environment">Environment Secretary</a> on developing the Government's post-Kyoto agenda.<a href="#cite_note-26">[23]</a> As minister on 24 August 1999, Prescott made regulations banning the use of <a href="/wiki/Chrysotile" title="Chrysotile">chrysotile</a> asbestos, which resulted in a complete <a href="/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law" title="Asbestos and the law">ban on the use</a> of any products containing <a href="/wiki/Asbestos" title="Asbestos">asbestos</a> in the United Kingdom from 24 November 1999.<a href="#cite_note-27">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Integrated_transport_policy">Integrated transport policy</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Integrated transport policy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> On coming to office, Prescott pursued an integrated public transport policy. On 6 June 1997, he said: "I will have failed if in five years time there are not...far fewer journeys by car. It's a tall order but I urge you to hold me to it."<a href="#cite_note-29">[26]</a> However, by June 2002, car traffic was up by 7%. This prompted <a href="/wiki/Friends_of_the_Earth" title="Friends of the Earth">Friends of the Earth</a>'s Tony Bosworth to say "By its own test, Government transport policy has failed".<a href="#cite_note-30">[27]</a> Prescott successfully focused attention on the role of car usage in the bigger environmental picture, and the need for effective public transport alternatives if car volume was to be reduced. The subsequent debate on <a href="/wiki/Road_pricing" title="Road pricing">road pricing</a> evolved from his policy. A contrast was highlighted between Prescott's transport brief and an incident, in 1999, when an official chauffeur-driven car was used to transport Prescott and his wife 250 yards (230 m) from their hotel to the venue of the Labour Party Conference, where Prescott gave a speech on how to encourage the use of public transport. Prescott explained, "Because of the security reasons for one thing and second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?"<a href="#cite_note-31">[28]</a> Prescott was fined for speeding on four occasions.<a href="#cite_note-32">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail_regulation">Rail regulation</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rail regulation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prescott had a stormy relationship with the privatisation of the railway industry. He had vigorously opposed the privatisation of the industry while the Labour Party was in opposition, and disliked the party's policy, established in 1996 just before the <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">flotation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Railtrack" title="Railtrack">Railtrack</a> on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>, of committing to <a href="/wiki/Renationalise" class="mw-redirect" title="Renationalise">renationalise</a> the industry only when resources allowed, which he saw as meaning that it would never be done.<a href="#cite_note-rm-34">[31]</a> Reluctantly, he supported the alternative policy, produced by shadow transport secretary <a href="/wiki/Clare_Short" title="Clare Short">Clare Short</a>, that the industry should be subjected to closer regulation by the to-be-created <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rail_Authority" title="Strategic Rail Authority">Strategic Rail Authority</a> in the case of the passenger train operators, and the <a href="/wiki/Rail_Regulator" title="Rail Regulator">Rail Regulator</a> in the case of the monopoly and dominant elements in the industry, principally Railtrack. The policy was spelled out in some detail in the Labour Party's statement in the June 1996 prospectus for the sale of Railtrack shares, and was widely regarded as having depressed the price of the shares.<a href="#cite_note-rm-34">[31]</a> In 1998, Prescott was criticised by Transport Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">John Reid</a> for his statement – at the Labour Party conference that year – that the privatised railway was a "national disgrace", despite receiving a standing ovation from the Labour Party audience.<a href="#cite_note-35">[32]</a> The companies said that they had had some considerable successes in cutting costs and generating new revenues in the short time since their transfer to private sector hands, and that the criticisms were premature and unfair.<a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a> In that speech, Prescott also announced that he would be taking a far tougher line with the companies, and to that end he would be having a "spring clean" of the industry.<a href="#cite_note-37">[34]</a> In July 1998 Prescott published a transport White Paper stating that the rail industry needed an element of stability and certainty if it was to plan its activities effectively.<a href="#cite_note-38">[35]</a> In February 1999, the regulation of the passenger rail operators fell to Sir <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Morton" title="Alastair Morton">Alastair Morton</a>,<a href="#cite_note-regulators-39">[d]</a> who Prescott announced would be appointed as chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, which would take over from the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising whose office would be wound up. In July 1999, the new Rail Regulator appointed by Prescott was <a href="/wiki/Tom_Winsor" title="Tom Winsor">Tom Winsor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-regulators-39">[d]</a> They shared Prescott's view that the railway industry needed a considerable shake-up in its institutional, operational, engineering and economic matrix to attract and retain private investment and enable the companies within it to become strong, competent and successful.<a href="#cite_note-40">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_and_regional_government">Local and regional government</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local and regional government" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prescott, responsible for local government, introduced a new system guiding members' conduct after 2001. The new system included a nationally agreed Code of Conduct laid down by <a href="/wiki/Statutory_instrument" title="Statutory instrument">statutory instrument</a> which all local authorities were required to adopt; the Code of Conduct gives guidance on when councillors have an interest in a matter under discussion and when that interest is prejudicial so that the councillor may not speak or vote on the matter. Although on many areas councillors had previously been expected to withdraw where they had declared an interest, the new system was more formal and introduced specific sanctions for breaches; it was criticised for preventing councillors from representing the views of their local communities.<a href="#cite_note-41">[37]</a> Prescott supported regional government in England.<a href="#cite_note-42">[38]</a> Early in his term, he introduced <a href="/wiki/Regional_assembly_(England)" title="Regional assembly (England)">regional assemblies</a> consisting of delegates from local authorities and other regional stakeholders to oversee the work of new Regional Development Agencies in the regions of England. Following Labour's second election victory, he pressed for the introduction of elected regional assemblies, which would have seen about 25 to 35 members elected under a similar electoral system to that used for the <a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a>. However, because of opposition, the government was forced to hold regional referendums on the change. The first three were intended to be in the North-East, North-West and Yorkshire and the Humber. The <a href="/wiki/2004_North_East_England_devolution_referendum" title="2004 North East England devolution referendum">North-East referendum</a>, where support was felt to be strongest, was first, in November 2004, but the vote was 78% against, an overwhelming margin,<a href="#cite_note-43">[39]</a> and the plan for elected regional assemblies was shelved.<a href="#cite_note-44">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Housing" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> A rising number of households (especially in the south-east) were putting added pressure on housing during Prescott's tenure as the minister responsible. An increase in the housebuilding was proposed, primarily on <a href="/wiki/Brownfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Brownfield">brownfield</a> sites, but also on some undeveloped <a href="/wiki/Greenfield_land" title="Greenfield land">greenfield</a> areas and as a result he was accused of undermining the <a href="/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom)" title="Green belt (United Kingdom)">Green Belt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[44]</a> During a radio interview in January 1998, Prescott was asked about housing development on the green belt; intending to convey that the government would enlarge green belt protection, Prescott replied: "It's a Labour achievement, and we mean to build on it".<a href="#cite_note-49">[45]</a> He had not intended to make a joke and was distressed when it prompted laughter.<a href="#cite_note-50">[46]</a> In the north of England, Prescott approved the demolition of some 200,000 homes that were judged to be in "failing areas" as part of his <a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood_Management_Pathfinder_Programme" title="Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme">Pathfinder</a> regeneration scheme. It has been argued that renovating properties, rather than demolishing them, would have made better financial and community sense.<a href="#cite_note-51">[47]</a> Prescott led the campaign to abolish council housing, which ran out of steam when tenants in Birmingham voted to stay with the council in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-52">[48]</a> A previous attempt to privatise all the council housing in the London Borough of Camden failed in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-53">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_to_education_reforms">Opposition to education reforms</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Opposition to education reforms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> On 17 December 2005, Prescott made public his disapproval of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s plans to give <a href="/wiki/State_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="State schools">state schools</a> the right to govern their finances and admission policies and to increase the number of <a href="/wiki/City_academies" class="mw-redirect" title="City academies">city academies</a>. It was the first policy stance that Prescott had made against Blair since his election as leader in 1994. Prescott said that the move would create a two-tier educational system that would discriminate against the working class.<a href="#cite_note-54">[50]</a> He added that Labour were "always better fighting class".<a href="#cite_note-55">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Links_with_the_grass_roots">Links with the grass roots</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Links with the grass roots" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prescott, sometimes described as old-school trades unionist, kept in touch with the views of the traditional Labour voters throughout his career.<a href="#cite_note-56">[52]</a> He became an important figure in <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a>" movement, as the representative of 'old Labour' interests in the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_cabinet" title="Shadow cabinet">Shadow cabinet</a> and subsequently around the Cabinet table as Deputy Prime Minister.<a href="#cite_note-57">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[54]</a> However, now a member of the establishment, relationships with the <a href="/wiki/Grass_roots" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass roots">grass roots</a> were not always smooth. Whilst attending the <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a> in 1998, <a href="/wiki/Chumbawamba" title="Chumbawamba">Chumbawamba</a> vocalist <a href="/wiki/Danbert_Nobacon" class="mw-redirect" title="Danbert Nobacon">Danbert Nobacon</a> poured a jug of iced water over Prescott, saying, "This is for the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_dockers%27_dispute_(1995%E2%80%931998)" title="Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–1998)">Liverpool Dockers</a>".<a href="#cite_note-59">[55]</a> Dock workers in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> had been involved in a two-year industrial dispute: a strike that had turned into a <a href="/wiki/Lock-out" class="mw-redirect" title="Lock-out">lock-out</a>, until a few weeks earlier. A reporter from the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a> threw water over Nobacon the following day.<a href="#cite_note-60">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abolition_of_department">Abolition of department</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Abolition of department" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In a <a href="/wiki/2006_United_Kingdom_Cabinet_reshuffle" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 United Kingdom Cabinet reshuffle">Cabinet reshuffle</a> on 5 May 2006, Prescott's departmental responsibilities were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Kelly" title="Ruth Kelly">Ruth Kelly</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Communities_and_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government">Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government</a>, following revelations about his private life and a poor performance by Labour in that year's local elections. He remained as Deputy Prime Minister, with a seat in the Cabinet, and was given a role as a special envoy to the Far East as well as additional responsibilities chairing cabinet committees.<a href="#cite_note-keepspoils-61">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[58]</a> Despite having lost his departmental responsibilities it was announced that he would retain his full salary (£134,000pa) and pension entitlements, along with both his <a href="/wiki/Grace-and-favour" class="mw-redirect" title="Grace-and-favour">grace-and-favour</a> homes, an announcement which received considerable criticism.<a href="#cite_note-63">[59]</a> The press speculated in July 2006 that, as a consequence of the continuing problems centred on Prescott, Blair was preparing to replace him as Deputy Prime Minister with <a href="/wiki/David_Miliband" title="David Miliband">David Miliband</a>, whilst possibly retaining Prescott as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Deputy Leader of the Labour Party</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Announcement_of_retirement">Announcement of retirement</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Announcement of retirement" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In a speech to the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_Conference" title="Labour Party Conference">Labour Party Conference</a> in Manchester, Prescott apologised for the bad press he had caused the party during the previous year. He said: "I know in the last year I let myself down, I let you down. So Conference, I just want to say sorry", and confirmed that he would stand down as deputy leader when Blair resigned the premiership.<a href="#cite_note-65">[61]</a> Prescott subsequently announced in the House of Commons that he was "... in a rather happy <a href="/wiki/Demob" class="mw-redirect" title="Demob">demob</a> stage", in January 2007.<a href="#cite_note-66">[62]</a> Within 30 minutes of Blair announcing the date of his resignation on 10 May 2007, Prescott announced his resignation as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.<a href="#cite_note-67">[63]</a> During the subsequent special Labour Party Conference, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> was elected Leader and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> succeeded Prescott as Deputy Leader.<a href="#cite_note-68">[64]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Life_after_government">Life after government</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Life after government" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Prescott_2009_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1147" data-file-height="1486"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 285px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="285" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Prescott in 2009</figcaption></figure> Following his resignation from the government, Prescott took over from <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lloyd" title="Tony Lloyd">Tony Lloyd</a> as the lead UK Representative in the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe">Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe</a>. In a jocular response to the appointment, Shadow Europe Minister <a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a> wished the translators good luck.<a href="#cite_note-69">[65]</a> The post was unpaid but had an expenses allowance and allowed him to sit on the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Western_European_Union" title="Assembly of the Western European Union">Assembly of the Western European Union</a>. He used his role on the council to make his campaign against slave labour a key issue.<a href="#cite_note-70">[66]</a> Prescott stood down as an MP at <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">the next general election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[67]</a> His autobiography, Prezza, My Story: Pulling no Punches was published on 29 May 2008 and ghostwritten by <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Davies" title="Hunter Davies">Hunter Davies</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[69]</a> During the 2010 general election campaign, Prescott toured the UK in a customised white transit van dubbed his "Battlebus" canvassing support for the Labour Party.<a href="#cite_note-74">[70]</a> Prescott was publicly very supportive of <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>, and called him a "global giant".<a href="#cite_note-75">[71]</a> It was announced on 28 May 2010 that Prescott was to be awarded a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a>,<a href="#cite_note-76">[72]</a> The peerage was <a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">gazetted</a> on 15 June in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Dissolution_Honours" title="2010 Dissolution Honours">2010 Dissolution Honours</a>.<a href="#cite_note-77">[73]</a> He was introduced into the House on 8 July as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="East Yorkshire">East Yorkshire</a>,<a href="#cite_note-78">[74]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">Letters patent</a> were gazetted on 12 July, dated 7 July.<a href="#cite_note-79">[75]</a> Prescott was a director of <a href="/wiki/Super_League" title="Super League">Super League</a> rugby league club <a href="/wiki/Hull_Kingston_Rovers" title="Hull Kingston Rovers">Hull Kingston Rovers</a>, who are based in his former constituency of Kingston upon Hull East.<a href="#cite_note-Prescott_handed_role_at_Hull_KR-80">[76]</a> Prescott ran for <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_Treasurer" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Party Treasurer">Labour Party Treasurer</a> in September 2010 but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Diana_Holland" title="Diana Holland">Diana Holland</a>,<a href="#cite_note-81">[77]</a> who took 68.96% of the total vote.<a href="#cite_note-82">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[79]</a> On 30 July 2010, Prescott appeared before the panel at the <a href="/wiki/Chilcot_Inquiry" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilcot Inquiry">Chilcot Inquiry</a> concerning the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>. Prescott stated that he was doubtful about the legality, intelligence and information about Iraq's <a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons of Mass Destruction">Weapons of Mass Destruction</a>. The inquiry was launched by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> in the summer of 2009 shortly after operations in the war ended.<a href="#cite_note-84">[80]</a> In 2016, after publication of the resultant Chilcot Report, which was critical of the war but remained neutral on its legality, Prescott declared that the invasion by UK and US forces had been "illegal" and that members of Tony Blair's Cabinet "were given too little paper documentation to make decisions".<a href="#cite_note-85">[81]</a> In February 2012, Prescott announced he would stand for Labour's nomination in the <a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">election</a> to be the first <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a> for <a href="/wiki/Humberside_Police" title="Humberside Police">Humberside Police</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GuardianPCCannounce-86">[82]</a> In June he was selected as the Labour candidate for the election in November 2012.<a href="#cite_note-BBCPolice-87">[83]</a> In the November election Prescott won the most first preference votes but ended up losing to Conservative <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Grove" title="Matthew Grove">Matthew Grove</a> in the second count.<a href="#cite_note-BBCresultsPCC-88">[84]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott,_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/220px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5067" data-file-height="3619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 157px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/220px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="157" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/330px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/440px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Skinner" title="Dennis Skinner">Dennis Skinner</a> and Prescott at the 2016 Labour Party Conference</figcaption></figure> In March 2013, Prescott suggested that the Queen, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>, should abdicate due to her health.<a href="#cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-89">[85]</a> Prescott was criticised for his position by several MPs.<a href="#cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-89">[85]</a> On 6 July 2013, Prescott revealed in a newspaper column that he had resigned from the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a> in protest against the delays to the introduction of press regulation.<a href="#cite_note-Sunday_Mirror-90">[86]</a> The resignation only became effective on 6 November the same year.<a href="#cite_note-91">[87]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition Government</a> had insisted that the Privy Council must consider a cross-party <a href="/wiki/Royal_Charter#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Charter">Royal Charter</a> to underpin a new system of regulation, but that this meant that a final decision would not be taken before 2015.<a href="#cite_note-92">[88]</a> On 21 February 2015, it was announced Prescott would return to politics as an adviser to Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a>. This was a brief return, as Labour lost the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">imminent general election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[90]</a> In October 2015, Prescott was presented with the Shechtman International Leadership Award at the Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit 2015 in Antalya, Turkey, for his contributions to sustainable development in politics.<a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a> Prescott ceased to be a member of the House of Lords on 9 July 2024 under the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014" title="House of Lords Reform Act 2014">House of Lords Reform Act 2014</a> because of non-attendance in the preceding session of Parliament.<a href="#cite_note-96">[92]</a> He retained his peerage.<a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_appearances">Television appearances</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Television appearances" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In June 2008, Prescott made a cameo appearance, playing a policeman, in the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Tressell" title="Robert Tressell">Robert Tressell</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philanthropists" title="The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists">The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists</a>. In 2009, he made a brief cameo appearance as himself in the final episode of the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a> comedy series <a href="/wiki/Gavin_%26_Stacey" title="Gavin & Stacey">Gavin & Stacey</a> (this referred to a running joke in the show regarding a relationship the character Nessa had had with him many years previously).<a href="#cite_note-98">[94]</a> Beginning on 7 January 2011, Prescott appeared in a TV advert for price comparison website <a href="/wiki/Moneysupermarket.com" title="Moneysupermarket.com">moneysupermarket.com</a>, along with comedian <a href="/wiki/Omid_Djalili" title="Omid Djalili">Omid Djalili</a>, which gently mocks events in his political career.<a href="#cite_note-99">[95]</a> On 27 February 2011, he appeared on the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a> as the "Star in the Reasonably Priced Car", where he set a lap time of 1.56.7, the second slowest in a <a href="/wiki/Kia_Ceed" title="Kia Ceed">Kia Ceed</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[e]</a> He also engaged in a discussion with host <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" title="Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a> regarding his time in Government.<a href="#cite_note-101">[96]</a> In October and November 2008, Prescott was the subject of a two-part documentary, Prescott: the Class System and Me, on BBC Two, looking at the class system in Britain, and asking whether it still exists.<a href="#cite_note-102">[97]</a> In 2009, he featured in the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Wales">BBC Wales</a> TV series <a href="/wiki/Coming_Home_(British_TV_series)" title="Coming Home (British TV series)">Coming Home</a> about his Welsh family history, with roots in Prestatyn and <a href="/wiki/Chirk" title="Chirk">Chirk</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[98]</a> In October 2009, he was featured in another BBC Two documentary, Prescott: The North/South Divide, in which he and his wife Pauline explored the current state of the <a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_divide_in_England" title="North–South divide in England">North-South Divide</a> from their perspective as Northern Englanders long used to living in the south of the country.<a href="#cite_note-104">[99]</a> In April 2015 Prescott appeared as a guest on the television <a href="/wiki/Panel_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Panel game">panel show</a> <a href="/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_For_You" class="mw-redirect" title="Have I Got News For You">Have I Got News For You</a>. During the episode he had a "pretty heated" interaction with team captain <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hislop" title="Ian Hislop">Ian Hislop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-105">[100]</a> In 2019, Prescott hosted the television series Made in Yorkshire<a href="#cite_note-106">[101]</a> (also known as Made in Britain: Yorkshire) for Channel 5,<a href="#cite_note-107">[102]</a> in which he explored the manufacturing of some of Britain's favourite foods.<a href="#cite_note-108">[103]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Public_profile">Public profile</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Public profile" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> Prescott gained a reputation in the press for confused speech, mangled syntax and poor grammar.<a href="#cite_note-109">[104]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> columnist <a href="/wiki/Simon_Hoggart" title="Simon Hoggart">Simon Hoggart</a> once commented: "Every time Prescott opens his mouth, it's like someone has flipped open his head and stuck in an egg whisk."<a href="#cite_note-110">[105]</a> An oft-quoted but unverified story in <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Paxman" title="Jeremy Paxman">Jeremy Paxman</a>'s The Political Animal is that, before being accepted as transcribers to the Parliamentary record <a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a>, applicants must listen to one of Prescott's speeches and write down what they think he was trying to say. However, <a href="/wiki/Liz_Davies" title="Liz Davies">Liz Davies</a> wrote that on the Labour <a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_Labour_Party" title="National Executive Committee of the Labour Party">National Executive Committee</a>, Prescott "spoke in clear, concise sentences and his point was always understandable. Contrary to his television and parliamentary image, he appears to choose his words with care."<a href="#cite_note-guardian-200103302-111">[106]</a> The media attached various <a href="/wiki/Sobriquet" title="Sobriquet">sobriquets</a> to Prescott during his political career. Originally, Prescott's nickname was "Prezza",<a href="#cite_note-112">[107]</a> but as various misfortunes befell him the sobriquets became more colourful, leading to "Two Jags", which set the template for later nicknames.<a href="#cite_note-113">[108]</a> Prescott owned one <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Cars" title="Jaguar Cars">Jaguar</a>, and had the use of another as his official ministerial car. A later version of this term was "Two Jabs",<a href="#cite_note-jab-114">[109]</a> following his retaliation against a protester farmer in 2001, and "Two Shacks",<a href="#cite_note-115">[110]</a> referring to his former <a href="/wiki/Dorneywood" title="Dorneywood">country house</a>. When he lost his department in a cabinet reshuffle following exposure of his affair, newspapers dubbed him "Two Shags"<a href="#cite_note-116">[111]</a> and "No Jobs".<a href="#cite_note-117">[112]</a> Banned from driving after being convicted of speeding in 1991, Prescott was banned again after a similar conviction in June 2015.<a href="#cite_note-118">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="'Prescott_punch'">'Prescott punch'</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 'Prescott punch'" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Prescott_punch" title="Prescott punch">Prescott punch</a></div> During the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 election campaign</a>, Prescott was campaigning in <a href="/wiki/Rhyl" title="Rhyl">Rhyl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denbighshire" title="Denbighshire">Denbighshire</a>, when Craig Evans threw an egg at him. Prescott, a former <a href="/wiki/Amateur_boxer" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur boxer">amateur boxer</a>, responded immediately with a left <a href="/wiki/Jab" title="Jab">jab</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[114]</a> punch to the jaw.<a href="#cite_note-120">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[116]</a> The incident, overshadowing the launch of the Labour Party manifesto on that day, was captured by television cameras. Tony Blair responded by stating: "John is John".<a href="#cite_note-122">[117]</a> A National Opinion Polls (NOP) survey found that the incident did no public harm to Prescott, and may even have benefited his standing amongst male voters.<a href="#cite_note-123">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-picorir2-124">[119]</a> Speaking on <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a>, Prescott stated: "I was against fox-hunting, and he thought I was one of the guys he hated because I wanted to keep fox-hunting". He elaborated: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">When I walked past this guy, and he hit me with the egg, right, I don't know it was an egg, I just feel this very warm thing running down my neck and I think, well I just think somebody's perhaps knifed me or assaulted me, you know, that all happens in a split second, and I see this fellow built like a bloody barn door, and I turned, and I reacted, and when Tony [Blair] asked me, er, what happened I said I was carrying out his orders; he told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John Prescott<a href="#cite_note-topgear-125">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[121]</a></cite></div></blockquote> This incident earned Prescott the nickname "Two Jabs", a reference to his existing nickname, "Two Jags".<a href="#cite_note-jab-114">[109]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Council_tax">Council tax</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Council tax" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In 2003, Prescott gave up a home that he had rented from the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Rail,_Maritime_and_Transport_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers">RMT Union</a> in <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a>; he had left the union in June 2002. Prescott paid £220 a month for the property – a fifth of its market value.<a href="#cite_note-127">[122]</a> Though he had not declared the flat in the register of members' interests, he was subsequently exonerated by MPs who overruled <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Filkin" title="Elizabeth Filkin">Elizabeth Filkin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards">Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a> On 12 January 2006, Prescott apologised after it was revealed that the <a href="/wiki/Council_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Council tax">council tax</a> for the government flat he occupied at <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_House_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty House (London)">Admiralty House</a> was paid from public money, rather than his private income. He repaid the amount, which came to £3,830.52 over nearly nine years.<a href="#cite_note-129">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_infidelity">Sexual infidelity</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sexual infidelity" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prescott came under fire for additional controversies over sexual infidelity.<a href="#cite_note-130">[125]</a> On 26 April 2006, he admitted to having had an affair with his diary secretary, Tracey Temple, between 2002 and 2004.<a href="#cite_note-admit2-131">[126]</a> This two-year affair was said to have commenced after an office party and, in part, took place during meetings at Prescott's grace-and-favour flat in <a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a>. Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Robathan" title="Andrew Robathan">Andrew Robathan</a> tabled questions in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> over Prescott's reported entertainment of Temple at <a href="/wiki/Dorneywood" title="Dorneywood">Dorneywood</a>, his official residence, which raised questions over the possible misuse of public finances.<a href="#cite_note-132">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_assault_allegation">Sexual assault allegation</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sexual assault allegation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> On 7 May 2006, <a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a> quoted Linda McDougall, wife of <a href="/wiki/Austin_Mitchell" title="Austin Mitchell">Austin Mitchell</a>, as saying that in 1978 Prescott had pushed her "quite forcefully" against a wall and put his hand up her skirt as she opened the door for him to a meeting in her own house just after her husband became an MP.<a href="#cite_note-133">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenses_claims">Expenses claims</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Expenses claims" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> On 8 May 2009, <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a> began publishing <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">leaked details of MPs' expenses</a>. The Telegraph reported that Prescott had claimed £312 for fitting mock Tudor beams to his constituency home, and for two new toilet seats in as many years. Prescott responded by saying, "Every expense was within the rules of the House of Commons on claiming expenses at the time".<a href="#cite_note-134">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_incidents">Other incidents</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other incidents" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prescott was criticised for maintaining the benefits of Deputy Prime Minister despite losing his department in 2006. He was criticised for visiting the American billionaire <a href="/wiki/Phil_Anschutz" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Anschutz">Phil Anschutz</a> who was bidding for the government licence to build a super casino in the UK,<a href="#cite_note-135">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[132]</a> and questioned over his involvement in the business of his son Johnathan Prescott.<a href="#cite_note-138">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[134]</a> He was photographed playing <a href="/wiki/Croquet" title="Croquet">croquet</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dorneywood" title="Dorneywood">Dorneywood</a>, his then "<a href="/wiki/Grace_and_favour" title="Grace and favour">grace and favour</a>" home, when Tony Blair was out of the country on a visit to Washington.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated12-140">[135]</a> Prescott was mocked in the media – in part because the game was so divorced from his working-class roots – and he gave up the use of the house.<a href="#cite_note-141">[136]</a> He later said that it had been his staff's idea to play croquet and that contrary to press reports, he had not been Acting Prime Minister when he had played the game.<a href="#cite_note-142">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[138]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Personal_life,_illness_and_death">Personal life, illness and death</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Personal life, illness and death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> Prescott married Pauline Tilston in 1961. They had two sons. Their younger son, David Prescott, is active in Labour Party politics and works in the office of former party leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>;<a href="#cite_note-144">[139]</a> he failed to be selected for his father's parliamentary seat in Hull<a href="#cite_note-145">[140]</a> but was the Labour candidate for <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Gainsborough</a> in 2015. Tilston had already had a son by an <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">American airman</a> in the 1950s, whom she gave up for adoption.<a href="#cite_note-Pauline-5">[2]</a> In an episode of <a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs">Desert Island Discs</a> broadcast in February 2012, Prescott said he acknowledged Pauline's first son as part of his family, a third son.<a href="#cite_note-146">[141]</a> Prescott disclosed in 2002 that he had been diagnosed with diabetes in 1990.<a href="#cite_note-147">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[143]</a> He was briefly hospitalised in June 2007,<a href="#cite_note-149">[144]</a> diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>, and treated at <a href="/wiki/University_College_Hospital" title="University College Hospital">University College Hospital</a>, London.<a href="#cite_note-150">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-151">[146]</a> In 2008, Prescott recounted having suffered from the eating disorder <a href="/wiki/Bulimia_nervosa" title="Bulimia nervosa">bulimia nervosa</a>, which he believed was brought on by stress, from the 1980s until 2007.<a href="#cite_note-152">[147]</a> Prescott was admitted to <a href="/wiki/Hull_Royal_Infirmary" title="Hull Royal Infirmary">Hull Royal Infirmary</a> in June 2019 after a stroke.<a href="#cite_note-153">[148]</a> He subsequently returned to his duties,<a href="#cite_note-154">[149]</a> but spoke in the House of Lords on only one subsequent occasion and last voted in February 2023. He ceased to be a member of the House of Lords in July 2024 due to non-attendance.<a href="#cite_note-bbc_death-155">[150]</a> Prescott died on 20 November 2024, aged 86; his family said that he had been living in a care home with <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbc_death-155">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[151]</a> Blair and Brown paid tribute, along with incumbent prime minister <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> and incumbent deputy prime minister <a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[154]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Publications" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPrescott2008" class="citation book cs1">Prescott, John (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/prezzapullingnop0000pres">Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches</a>. London: Headline Review. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7553-1775-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7553-1775-2"><bdi>978-0-7553-1775-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/212431550">212431550</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prezza%3A+My+Story%3A+Pulling+No+Punches&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Headline+Review&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F212431550&rft.isbn=978-0-7553-1775-2&rft.aulast=Prescott&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fprezzapullingnop0000pres&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Prescott" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> Office not in use from 27 June 2007 to 11 May 2010 </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> Office not in use from 2 May 1997 to 8 June 2001 </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> Office not in use from 27 June 2007 to 5 June 2009 </li> <li id="cite_note-regulators-39">^ <a href="#cite_ref-regulators_39-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-regulators_39-1">b</a> Sir Alastair Morton left office, early, in October 2001. Tom Winsor continued until the end of his five-year term in July 2004. </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a> Prescott's lap was made in very wet conditions. The slowest lap time, made by <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lewis" title="Damian Lewis">Damian Lewis</a>, was in heavy snow, which made the lap time much slower (2:09.1, about 12 seconds slower than Prescott's). </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="References">References</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Grady2001" class="citation news cs1">O'Grady, Sean (19 May 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/street-fighter-working-class-hints-might-2304627">"John Prescott: A street-fighting man"</a>. The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 September 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=John+Prescott%3A+A+street-fighting+man&rft.date=2001-05-19&rft.aulast=O%27Grady&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fstreet-fighter-working-class-hints-might-2304627&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Prescott" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pauline-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pauline_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pauline_5-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis2011" class="citation news cs1">Lewis, Roger (27 February 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7316296/Smile-Though-Your-Heart-is-Breaking-by-Pauline-Prescott-review.html">"Smile Though Your Heart is Breaking by Pauline Prescott: review"</a>. The Daily Telegraph. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111104005404/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7316296/Smile-Though-Your-Heart-is-Breaking-by-Pauline-Prescott-review.html">Archived</a> from the original on 4 November 2011. 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BBC News. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170908161540/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5145400.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Prescott+declares+US+ranch+stay&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk_politics%2F5145400.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Prescott" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHelm" class="citation news cs1">Helm, Toby. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1523102/Prescott-met-US-billionaire-seven-times.html">"Prescott met US billionaire seven times"</a>. 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BBC News. 21 November 2024. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241121061701/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrdpvrdnddo">Archived</a> from the original on 21 November 2024. 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LBC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241121092341/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/gordon-brown-pays-tribute-to-colossus-john-prescott-after-his-death-aged-86-foll/">Archived</a> from the original on 21 November 2024. 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Fighting Talk: Biography of John Prescott. Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-81798-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-81798-5"><bdi>0-684-81798-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fighting+Talk%3A+Biography+of+John+Prescott&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-684-81798-5&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Colin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Prescott" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoggart2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hoggart" title="Simon Hoggart">Hoggart, Simon</a> (2003). Punchlines: A Crash Course in English with John Prescott. Pocket Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7434-8397-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7434-8397-9"><bdi>0-7434-8397-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Punchlines%3A+A+Crash+Course+in+English+with+John+Prescott&rft.pub=Pocket+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7434-8397-9&rft.aulast=Hoggart&rft.aufirst=Simon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Prescott" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=John_Prescott&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: External links" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Pursey" title="Harry Pursey">Harry Pursey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston upon Hull East">Kingston upon Hull East</a> <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a>–<a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Turner_(British_politician)" title="Karl Turner (British politician)">Karl Turner</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Booth" title="Albert Booth">Albert Booth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Transport">Shadow Secretary of State for Transport</a> 1983–1984 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Dunwoody" title="Gwyneth Dunwoody">Gwyneth Dunwoody</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Shadow Secretary of State for Employment</a> 1984–1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Meacher" title="Michael Meacher">Michael Meacher</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Orme" title="Stan Orme">Stan Orme</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Energy">Shadow Secretary of State for Energy</a> 1987–1988 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes,_Baron_Hughes_of_Woodside" title="Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside">Robert Hughes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Transport">Shadow Secretary of State for Transport</a> 1988–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dobson" title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Dobson" title="Frank Dobson">Frank Dobson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions">Shadow Secretary of State for Employment</a> 1993–1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Gummer" title="John Gummer">John Gummer</a></div>as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" title="Secretary of State for the Environment">Secretary of State for the Environment</a> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment,_Transport_and_the_Regions" title="Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions">Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions</a> 1997–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Vacant<div style="font-size:90%">Title next held by</div><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Mandelson" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Mandelson">The Lord Mandelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart,_Baron_Stewart_of_Fulham" title="Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham">Michael Stewart</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> Leader of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="European Parliamentary Labour Party">European Parliamentary Labour Party</a> 1976–1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Barbara Castle</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td 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lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="جان پرسکات – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان پرسکات" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%ED%94%84%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%A7" title="존 프레스콧 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="존 프레스콧" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Prescott" title="Ioannes Prescott – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ioannes Prescott" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%9F" title="जॉन प्रेस्कॉट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जॉन प्रेस्कॉट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA" title="جون بريسكوت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون بريسكوت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88" title="ジョン・プレスコット – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョン・プレスコット" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Прескотт, Джон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Прескотт, Джон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82" title="Джон Прескотт – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Джон Прескотт" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="John Prescott" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target">Volapük</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%AD%E4%BB%95%E5%9C%8B" title="彭仕國 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="彭仕國" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">粵語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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