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John Prescott

1938 - 2024

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John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (31 May 1938 – 20 November 2024) was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. He was often seen as the political link to the working class in a Labour Party increasingly led by modernising, middle-class professionals such as Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson (although Prescott described himself as "pretty middle class"), and developed a reputation as a key conciliator in the often fractious relationship between Blair and Gordon Brown. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, in his youth Prescott failed the eleven-plus entrance exam for grammar school and worked as a ship's steward and trade union activist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Prescott is the 16,183rd most popular politician (down from 15,877th in 2019), the 4,680th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,437th in 2019) and the 574th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Prescott ranks 16,183 out of 19,576. Before him are Marvin Hart, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Aloys Van de Vyvere, Dmytro Yarosh, and Rita Sargsyan. After him are Amina Bouayach, Isak Saba, Gaston Browne, Henriette Reker, Nikolai Stepulov, and Gordon B. Hinckley.

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Among people born in 1938, John Prescott ranks 502. Before him are Armando Tobar, Romano Fogli, Aleksandar Kostov, Sherman Hemsley, Árpád Orbán, and António Calvário. After him are Neville Lederle, Alfred Raoul, Bart Berman, Shivkumar Sharma, Paula Prentiss, and David Canary. Among people deceased in 2024, John Prescott ranks 416. Before him are Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, Klaus Wunder, Dickey Betts, Manfred Wolke, and Jorge Griffa. After him are Pascal Hervé, Tonči Gabrić, Richard Tandy, Elke Erb, Peter Schickele, and Göran Hagberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Prescott ranks 4,681 out of 8,785. Before him are Ed Stafford (1975), Dev Patel (1990), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Luke Young (1979), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), and Stanley Holloway (1890). After him are Joe Fry (1915), Amos Burn (1848), James Nesbitt (1965), James Collinson (1825), Thomas Tomkins (1572), and John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Prescott ranks 574. Before him are Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Patrick McLoughlin (1957), Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), and Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779). After him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Dru Drury (1725), Owain Gwynedd (1100), James McHenry (1753), and Des Browne (1952).

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