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John Prescott
Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 11,747 votes. — 59th 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 moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (5 Jan 2010) has video
“I attended the Copenhagen conference in my capacity as the Council of Europe's rapporteur on climate change. May I offer my congratulations to my right hon. Friend and the Prime Minister-as did many people at Copenhagen-on the leading role that they played in bringing about the Copenhagen accord? The Opposition clearly do not understand that, as at Kyoto, an agreement was reached in principle...”
- Debate on the Address: Energy and Climate Change and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (24 Nov 2009) has video
“Yes, not the Kingstown.”
- Debate on the Address: Energy and Climate Change and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (24 Nov 2009) has video
“I want to address my remarks to the climate change negotiations. They are critical and I think that all speakers recognise that. I also want to set my speech against the background of my experience at Kyoto, because many aspects of that seem to be being repeated as we approach the negotiations at Copenhagen, which I call "Kyoto 2" as we are not developing a new convention, but merely an...”
More of John Prescott's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 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.
- 60 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Prescott speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1642 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment as part of contract with Tiger Aspect Productions for programme entitled 'Prescott on Class'. (£15,001-£20,000) (Registered 2 July 2008)
Further payment as part of contract with from Headline Publishing for book entitled 'Pulling No Punches'. (£15,001-£20,000) (Registered 2 July 2008)
Fee for speech to the Institute of Travel and Tourism Annual Conference in Cyprus on 10 June 2008, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) All travel and accommodation expenses for my wife and me were met by the Institute. (Registered 2 July 2008)
Fee for speech to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Annual Conference in Brighton on 17 June 2008, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) All travel costs were met by the Institute. (Registered 2 July 2008)
Further payment as part of contract with Headline Book Publishers for my book 'Prezza-Pulling No Punches'. (£35,001-£40,000) (Registered 15 August 2008)
Fee for speech at Ernst and Young Yorkshire Fiscal Group at Harrogate on 18 September 2008, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 8 October 2008)
Further payment as part of contract with Tiger Aspect Productions for programme entitled 'Prescott on Class'. (£15,001-£20,000)
Fee for speech to PCSA International at the Café Royal, London, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 30 October 2008)
Fee for speech at North Sound Radio in Aberdeen on 6 November 2008, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) My travel and overnight accommodation were paid for by North Sound Radio. (Registered 12 December 2008)
Fee for speech at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities Annual Conference in Dundee on 5 March 2009, arranged through JLA Associates. (£5,001-£10,000) My travel costs were met by COSLA. (Registered 9 April 2009)
Payment of £350 from the Malcolm Billings and Associates Production Company for presenting BBC Radio 4 programme on the Merchant Navy. Payment passed on to charity. (Registered 20 August 2009)
Payment of £6468.75 from Tiger Aspect Productions received on 11 August 2009 as part of fee for television programme 'The North South Divide'. Hours worked: 5 days in August (Registered 20 August 2009)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
2-5 October 2008, I took part in the 'Farewell' voyage of the QE2 as a guest of Cunard, including a ceremony at Liverpool Cathedral to present the Pennant of the QE2 to the City of Liverpool. Cunard paid for me to travel to Liverpool and for one night's accommodation in a hotel and two on the QE2. I was accompanied by a member of my staff who was provided with travel and one night's hotel accommodation. (Registered 30 October 2008)
6. Overseas visits
6-13 September 2008, to China; to Xiamen from 6-8 September to attend the China International Fair for International Trade (CFIT) Conference, with transfers, internal flights, hotel accommodation and hospitality provided by CFIT; to Beijing from 8-11 September to attend the UK China Leadership of the Future Forum as part of the UK delegation of the Great Britain China Centre, with transfers, hotel accommodation and hospitality provided by the UK China Forum; and to Inner Mongolia to visit areas of development, at the invitation of HE Ambassador Fu Ying, with internal flights, transfers, hotel accommodation and hospitality provided by the Chinese Government; external flights provided by the UK China Forum. (Registered 8 October 2008)
11-16 April to Chongquing, China, at the invitation of COFTEC (Chongquing Overseas Foreign and Trade Economic Commission) to further the relationship between Yorkshire and Chongquing. Flights, transfers, hotel accommodation and hospitality were provided by COFTEC. (Registered 28 April 2009)
Name of donor: Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA)
Address of donor: 71 Nanchizi Street, Beijing 100006, People's Republic of China.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): all flights, accommodation and transfers were met by CPIFA. Value: £15,227.
Destination of visit: Beijing, China.
Date of visit: 17-21 November 2009
Purpose of visit: attended with one other and a member of my parliamentary staff to address and participate in the China-EU Strategic Partnership Forum, hosted by CPIFA.
(Registered 21 December 2009)
Name of donor: (1) March Publishing Limited
(2) Lehman Brown
(3) Chinese Government Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
Address of donor: (1) South Fens Conference Centre, Fenton Way, Chattens, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6TT.
(2) 6/F Dongwai Diplomatic Building, 23 Dongzhimenwai Dajie, Beijing 100600, China.
(3) No.2 Dong Chang An Street, Beijing 100731, People's Republic of China.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): (1) £3964 (Hong Kong: accommodation and transfers)
(2) £1260 (Hong Kong to Beijing: accommodation, internal flight and transfers)
(3) £4526.40 (transfers, accommodation, return flight from London to Hong Kong, internal flights from Beijing to Xiamen and Xiamen to Hong Kong)
Destination of visit: Hong Kong and China
Date of visit: 1-10 September 2009
Purpose of visit: for me and one other. Attended and addressed a 48 Group reception in Hong Kong. Spoke at British Chamber of Commerce dinner in Beijing. Attended the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CFIT) in Xiamen.
(Registered 21 December 2009)
11. Miscellaneous
29 July 2009 I took part in a BBC programme in Cardiff. No fee paid. My travel and overnight accommodation was paid for by Babycow Productions. (Registered 20 August 2009)
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £16,728 (joint 471st with 1 other) | £12,826 | £14,166 (500th) | £20,057 (246th) | £19,000 (367th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £12,891 (506th) | £10,920 (568th) | £11,394 (608th) | £14,874 | £12,401 (567th) | £10,780 (628th) | £9,942 (625th) | £15,883 (317th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,062 (123rd) | £88,563 (290th) | £85,315 (285th) | £78,891 | £70,698 (303rd) | £67,579 (353rd) | £62,626 (384th) | £49,366 (205th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,785 (115th)3 | £12,182 (142nd)2 | £6,600 (358th)1 | £4,612 | £3,981 (570th) | £4,716 (536th) | £7,807 (417th) | £5,544 (442nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,110 (72nd) | £1,228 (72nd) | £1,554 (62nd) | £208 | £515 (joint 275th with 1 other) | £92 (joint 429th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,324 (93rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,089 (44th) | £2,031 (61st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,356 (465th) | £674 (joint 374th with 1 other) | £602 (468th) | £803 | £859 (337th) | £738 (386th) | £1,090 (296th) | £511 (joint 549th with 1 other) |
| 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 with 1 other) | £991 (429th) | £0 | £1,712 (510th) | £1,712 (500th) | £1,712 (472nd) | £0 | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £9,880 (11th) | £9,774 (2nd) |
| Total | £156,298 (244th) | £141,644 (394th) | £124,696 (514th) | £115,013 | £105,494 (584th) | £107,299 (546th) | £112,057 (349th) | £100,411 (89th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,464 (344th). Rail £9,718 (55th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,375 (327th). Rail £8,867 (58th). Other: European £1,543 (25th).