John Prescott
John Prescott is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.
Biography
In the 1994 he became deputy leader of the Labour party. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour’s victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded role as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Prescott also developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often tense relationship between Tony Blair and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. In 2010 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer with the title “Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire”.
Education
He then went to the independent Ruskin College in Oxford, which specialises in courses for union officials, where he gained a diploma in economics and politics in 1965. In 1968, he obtained a BSc in economics and economic history at the University of Hull.
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<tbody>| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Hull East (UK Parliament constituency) | Succeeded by
Karl Turner as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Margaret Beckett | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
1994–2007 |
Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
1997–2001 |
Succeeded by
Margaret Beckett as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Preceded by | Succeeded by
as Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions | |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1997–2007 |
Vacant Title next held by Nick Clegg |
| Vacant Title last held by Michael Heseltine | First Secretary of State
2001–2007 |
Vacant Title next held by The Lord Mandelson</tbody> |
