Voting Record — John Prescott MP, Kingston upon Hull East (10488)

John Prescott

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	8 Jul 2010	9 Jul 2024	Lab	1 vote out of 522, 0.2%	522 votes out of 1433, 36.4%	1 time
Kingston upon Hull East	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	4 votes out of 590, 0.7%	590 votes out of 1288, 45.8%	0 times
Kingston upon Hull East	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	5 votes out of 518, 1.0%	518 votes out of 1246, 41.6%	0 times
Kingston upon Hull East	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 521, 0.0%	521 votes out of 1273, 40.9%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Lord Prescott	Lab Vote	Rôle
Lords	12 Dec 2012	Crime and Courts Bill [HL] — Report (4th Day)	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	27 Mar 2012	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	John Prescott	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jul 2007	Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State,
24 Jun 2007	Stopped being Deputy Leader of the Labour Party,
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
17 Aug 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister
17 Aug 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office
3 Aug 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office
3 Aug 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister,
27 Jul 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office
27 Jul 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister,
27 Jun 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office
27 Jun 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister,
8 May 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
8 May 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister,
5 May 2006	Became Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State,
5 May 2006	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions,
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	John Prescott	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
29 May 2002	Became Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions,
28 May 2002	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State,
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8 Jun 2001	Became Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State,
7 Jun 2001	Stopped being Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions,
House	Date	Subject	John Prescott	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
2 May 1997	Became Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
2 May 1997	Became Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2 May 1997	Became Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition,
22 Jul 1994	Became Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition,
22 Jul 1994	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Employment,
21 Jul 1994	Became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party,
1 Jul 1993	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Employment,
1 Jul 1993	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Transport,
1 Jul 1989	Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
1 Jul 1988	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Transport,
1 Jul 1988	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Energy,
1 Jul 1987	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Energy,
1 Jul 1987	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Employment,
1 Jul 1984	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Employment,
1 Jul 1984	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Transport,
1 Jul 1983	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Transport,

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
78%	Asylum System - More strict
99%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
42%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
89%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
77%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92%	Easier access to abortion
16%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
99%	Fox hunting - Ban
4%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
24%	Fully Elected House of Lords
31%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
50%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
78%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
95%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
9%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
86%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
99%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
63%	Nuclear power - For
30%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
91%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
9%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
14%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
74%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
43%	Smoking ban - In favour
56%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
2%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
78%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
89.5%	John Reid	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab
87.0%	Adam Ingram	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Lab
86.7%	Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab
86.6%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
86.6%	Tom Harris	Glasgow South	Lab

Voting Record — John Prescott MP, Kingston upon Hull East (10488)

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