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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

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Prescott voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes

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Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

“My Lords, I offer my congratulations to the three excellent maiden speakers today, who very much reflected their personal experiences, which will clearly be to the advantage of future debates in this House. I will also make a contribution arising from my personal experiences of press regulation, the setting-up of a royal charter and the Leveson proposals. I agree with the speech made by the...”

Leveson Inquiry: Report — Question (13 May 2013)

“My Lords, I confess not to being a full supporter of the royal charter, although I was quite prepared to accept it if all three parties got together, and it embodied the Leveson proposals. I am pleased to hear that that is now going ahead. Will the Minister confirm that, even under those proposals, there will have to be legislation before these Houses to determine the issue on damages and...”

Council of Europe: Local and Regional Democracy — Question for Short Debate (6 Feb 2013)

“We in this country have been in breach of our human rights obligations; it has been confirmed twice by the courts. Are we not doing anything about it?”

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  • Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
  • Has received answers to 8 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 60.69% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 39 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") 39 times in debates — 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

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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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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).

3 Rail £6,600 (106th).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister (17 Aug 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office (3 Aug 2006 to 17 Aug 2006)
  • Deputy Prime Minister (27 Jul 2006 to 3 Aug 2006)
  • Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office (27 Jun 2006 to 27 Jul 2006)
  • Deputy Prime Minister (8 May 2006 to 27 Jun 2006)
  • Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2 May 1997 to 8 Jun 2001)
  • Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2 May 1997 to 8 May 2006)

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