A selection of Lord Prescott's votes

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• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes

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Recent appearances

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 - Motion to Approve 18 Jul 2016

  My Lords, back in 1997, when I was Secretary of State in the Blair Government, we brought about the biggest amount of devolution in this country: in Scotland, in Wales and, indeed, in the London area. All those proposals were opposed by the Tory Administration, largely because they were about regional bodies having elected representatives. The appointment of mayors, as in this order, is, in...

• Policing and Crime Bill - Second Reading (Continued) 18 Jul 2016

  Sadly, it did not happen.

• Policing and Crime Bill - Second Reading (Continued) 18 Jul 2016

  My Lords, I seek to intervene in this debate with particular regard to Part 2 of the Policing and Crime Bill, which concerns itself with police complaints systems. I note that the IPCC largely takes a lot of the activities in this area, but I want to relate this to the whole process of making complaints against the police, particularly with regard to corruption or matters such as phone...

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Labour Peer

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 the House of Commons on 18 June 1970 — General election

Also represented Kingston upon Hull East

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• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

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)
• Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State (5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions (29 May 2002 to 5 May 2006)
• Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State (8 Jun 2001 to 28 May 2002)
• Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2 May 1997 to 8 May 2006)
• Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions (2 May 1997 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (2 May 1997 to 8 Jun 2001)
• Shadow Secretary of State (22 Jul 1994 to 1 May 1997)
• Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (21 Jul 1994 to 24 Jun 2007)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1993 to 22 Jul 1994)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee (1 Jul 1989 to 1 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1988 to 1 Jul 1993)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1987 to 1 Jul 1988)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1984 to 1 Jul 1987)
• Shadow Secretary of State (1 Jul 1983 to 1 Jul 1984)

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• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Prescott’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — 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 58.29% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 440 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.
• 49 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Prescott’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 55 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)