John Prescott
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The Right Honourable The Lord Prescott |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Heseltine |
| Succeeded by | Nick Clegg (2010) |
| First Secretary of State | |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Heseltine (1997) |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Mandelson (2009) |
| Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by |
John Gummer (Environment) George Young (Transport) |
| Succeeded by |
Margaret Beckett (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Stephen Byers (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) |
| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 21 July 1994 – 24 June 2007 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 21 October 1993 – 21 July 1994 |
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| Leader |
John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) |
| Shadowing |
David Hunt Michael Portillo |
| Preceded by | Frank Dobson |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman |
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In office 26 October 1984 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Shadowing |
Tom King Lord Young of Graffham Norman Fowler |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | Michael Meacher |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 23 November 1988 – 21 October 1993 |
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| Leader |
Neil Kinnock John Smith |
| Shadowing |
Paul Channon Cecil Parkinson Malcolm Rifkind John MacGregor |
| Preceded by | Robert Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Frank Dobson |
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In office 31 October 1983 – 26 October 1984 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Albert Booth |
| Succeeded by | Gwyneth Dunwoody |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 23 November 1988 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Shadowing | Cecil Parkinson |
| Preceded by | Stanley Orme |
| Succeeded by | Tony Blair |
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Member of Parliament for Hull East |
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In office 19 June 1970 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Pursey |
| Succeeded by | Karl Turner |
| Personal details | |
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John Leslie Prescott 31 May 1938 Prestatyn, Wales |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Tilston (1961–present) |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater |
Ruskin College University of Hull |
| a. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 11 May 2010. b. ^ Office vacant from 2 May 1997 to 8 June 2001. c. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 5 June 2009. | |
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour member of parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
A former ship's steward and trade union activist, by the 1990s he was presented as the political link to the working class in a Labour party increasingly led by modernising, middle-class professionals. In his youth he failed the 11-Plus entrance examination for grammar school, but went on to graduate from Ruskin College and the University of Hull. Prescott also developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often stormy relationship between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
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