Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Southport 1966 general election. MP (Labour) for Kingston-upon-Hull East 1970-83, for Hull East 1983-2010
Parliamentary career
PPS to Peter Shore as Secretary of State for Trade 1974-76;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Transport 1979-81,
Regional Affairs and Devolution 1981-83;
Member Shadow Cabinet 1983-97:
Shadow Secretary of State for:
Transport 1983-84,
Employment 1984-87,
Energy 1987-89,
Transport 1988-93,
Employment 1993-94;
Deputy Prime Minister 1997-2007;
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001;
First Secretary of State 2001-07
Party groups
Deputy Leader:
Labour Party 1994-2007,
Labour Party National Executive Committee 1997-2007;
Contested Labour Party treasurer 2010
International bodies
Member, Council of Europe 1972-75;
Delegate, EEC Parliamentary 1975;
Leader:
Labour Party Delegation to European Parliament 1976-79,
UK Delegation Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe/Western European Union 2007-
Countries of interest
China
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire 2010
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Fee received from the National Housing Federation (21 March 2012) for delivering a keynote speech at their conference in Coventry; travel costs were also paid by the Federation
Fee received from Vivat Direct Ltd (19 March 2012) for writing an article to be included in Reader’s Digest Magazine
Fee received from CPL Productions Ltd (14 September 2012) as payment for an appearance on the Celebrity Mr and Mrs Show; travel expenses were also paid by the company
Fee received from Channel X Limited and Lola Entertainment Limited (12 October 2012) as payment for an appearance on the "John Bishop Only Joking" programme; travel expenses were also paid by the company
Fee received from The Investment Property Forum (9 November 2012) for a speech given on 18 October 2012 to their Members in Birmingham; hotel accommodation and travel expenses were also paid by The Investment Property Forum
Fee received from MGN Limited Company to write a weekly column in Sunday Mirror newspaper
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Oslo, Norway, 8 November 2012, to give keynote speech at the Kongsberg Cluster Summit 2012; fee, flights, hotel accommodation and transfers were paid by NMP Live Ltd
Visit to Delhi, India, 29 January - 3 February 2013, to speak at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2013; flights, transfers, hotel accommodation and subsistence paid by Asian Development Bank
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Board Member, Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Club