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John Prescott
Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
- Majority: 11,747 votes. — 58th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Prescott voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
This MP is not currently on any select or public bill committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.
Most recent appearances
- Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video
“May I congratulate the Secretary of State on his statement? It arises from the planning delay over important national energy requirements. I should like to ask him specifically about wind turbine power. As he is aware, we are doing well on offshore investment, but not so well in onshore investment, where a great deal more will have to be done. It appears that recently 75 per cent. of...”
- Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video
“I have listened to many of these debates and had the privilege of being involved in the Kyoto negotiations in 1997, when Britain played the leading part in concluding the Kyoto agreement. It is quite wrong for the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker) to be talking as if we have no direction and no delivery. I think he knows as much about this Government's delivery as he does...”
- Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video
“Again, the hon. Gentleman shows his ignorance. Let me tell him this: presumably, there was some leadership to achieve the targets and bring things together. Only four countries in Europe actually achieved the Kyoto target, so we must have been all right on delivery. We were the first to want to talk about carbon trading, which Europe then took over from us. We were the first ones to bring in...”
More of John Prescott's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 46% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 36 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1639 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £16,728 (joint 471st) | £12,826 | £14,166 (500th) | £20,057 (246th) | £19,000 (367th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £10,920 (568th) | £11,394 (608th) | £14,874 | £12,401 (567th) | £10,780 (628th) | £9,942 (625th) | £15,883 (317th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £88,563 (290th) | £85,315 (285th) | £78,891 | £70,698 (303rd) | £67,579 (353rd) | £62,626 (384th) | £49,366 (205th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,182 (142nd)* | £6,600 (358th)** | £4,612 | £3,981 (570th) | £4,716 (536th) | £7,807 (417th) | £5,544 (442nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,228 (72nd) | £1,554 (62nd) | £208 | £515 (joint 275th) | £92 (joint 429th) | £0 | £1,324 (93rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,031 (61st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £674 (joint 374th) | £602 (468th) | £803 | £859 (337th) | £738 (386th) | £1,090 (296th) | £511 (joint 549th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,712 (427th) | £1,512 (496th) | £2,799 | £1,162 (551st) | £1,625 (478th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,251 (joint 262nd) | £991 (429th) | £0 | £1,712 (510th) | £1,712 (500th) | £1,712 (472nd) | £0 |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,880 (11th) | £9,774 (2nd) |
| Total | £141,644 (394th) | £124,696 (514th) | £115,013 | £105,494 (584th) | £107,299 (546th) | £112,057 (349th) | £100,411 (89th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,464 (344th). Rail £9,718 (55th).
