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Lord Prescott
Labour Peer
- Also represented Kingston upon Hull East
- Entered the House of Lords on 8 July 2010
- Previously MP for Kingston upon Hull East until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Prescott voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Committee (6th Day) (30 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I apologise for missing the first few minutes of this debate. The debate I listened to earlier on Clause 43 showed that there is a great deal of feeling about an injustice being perpetrated here in all forms of the use of no win, no cost. I have been in an interesting situation that I would like to relate to noble Lords as an example of what can happen under these new changes. At...”
- Shipping: Tax Revenue — Question (18 Jan 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government why, when they are able to provide estimated tax liabilities due to tonnage tax on British shipping, they are not able to supply figures for revenue received.”
- Shipping: Tax Revenue — Question (18 Jan 2012)
“The Minister is aware that this is a successful tax. It increased the British fleet from 4 million tonnes to 18 million tonnes and that is an important factor. But I cannot accept his reply that he knows what the liability is and knows what the profits are but we cannot afford to find out what the tax liability and payments are because that would cost more, as he said in a letter to me, than...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 56.89% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 36 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- People have made 38 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 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") 1642 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 23 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Further payment as part of contract with Tiger Aspect Productions for programme entitled 'Prescott on Class'. (£15,001-£20,000)
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)
6. Overseas visits
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: 12 Apr 2010. 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 – 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)1 | £12,182 (142nd)2 | £6,600 (358th)3 | £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 (248th) | £141,644 (394th) | £124,696 (514th) | £115,013 | £105,494 (584th) | £107,299 (546th) | £112,057 (349th) | £100,411 (89th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,375 (327th). Rail £8,867 (58th). Other: European £1,543 (25th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,464 (344th). Rail £9,718 (55th).