John Prescott

The Right Honourable

The Lord Prescott
The Right Honourable; The Lord Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by	Nick Clegg (2010)
First Secretary of State
	In office; 8 June 2001 – 27 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine (1997)
Succeeded by	The Lord Mandelson (2009)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Gummer (Environment); George Young (Transport)
Succeeded by	Margaret Beckett (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); Stephen Byers (Transport, Local Government and the Regions)
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
	In office; 21 July 1994 – 24 June 2007
Leader	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Margaret Beckett
Succeeded by	Harriet Harman
Leader	In office; 21 October 1993 – 21 July 1994
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
	In office; 21 October 1993 – 21 July 1994
Leader	John Smith; Margaret Beckett (Acting)
Shadowing	David Hunt; Michael Portillo
Preceded by	Frank Dobson
Succeeded by	Harriet Harman
	In office; 26 October 1984 – 13 July 1987
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Shadowing	Tom King; Lord Young of Graffham; Norman Fowler
Preceded by	John Smith
Succeeded by	Michael Meacher
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
	In office; 23 November 1988 – 21 October 1993
Leader	Neil Kinnock; John Smith
Shadowing	Paul Channon; Cecil Parkinson; Malcolm Rifkind; John MacGregor
Preceded by	Robert Hughes
Succeeded by	Frank Dobson
	In office; 31 October 1983 – 26 October 1984
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Albert Booth
Succeeded by	Gwyneth Dunwoody
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
	In office; 13 July 1987 – 23 November 1988
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Shadowing	Cecil Parkinson
Preceded by	Stanley Orme
Succeeded by	Tony Blair
Member of Parliament; for Hull East
	In office; 19 June 1970 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Harry Pursey
Succeeded by	Karl Turner
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 July 2010; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	John Leslie Prescott; 31 May 1938 (age 85); Prestatyn, Flintshire, Wales
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Pauline Tilston (m. 1961)
Children	2
Education	Ruskin College
Alma mater	University of Hull
	a. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 11 May 2010.; b. ^ Office vacant from 2 May 1997 to 8 June 2001.; c. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 5 June 2009.

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott^[1] (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour politician. He was born in Prestatyn, Wales. He grew up in Brinsworth, Yorkshire and Upton by Chester. He served as Deputy Prime Minister when Tony Blair was Prime Minister. He started out as a shop worker and was often considered to be the "most working class member of the Labour cabinet". Whilst campaigning for the 2001 election, he punched a man who threw an egg at him.^[2] He has diabetes mellitus type 2^[3] and had bulimia nervosa throughout his political career.^[4]