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John Prescott

Politician

John Prescott is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	John Prescott · Джон Прескотт · Джон Прескът · ג'ון פרסקוט · جان پرسکات · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Baron Prescott · Baron Prescott of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire · Barone Prescott · Iohannes Prescott · John Leslie Prescott · 14 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Prescott · 约翰·普雷斯科特				[sources]
Birth date	1938-05-31				[sources]
Place of birth	Prestatyn				[sources]
Death date	2024-11-20				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
First name	John				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Prescott				[sources]
Title	The Right Honourable				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q332393				[sources]
Position	Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (1994-2007) · Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007) · First Secretary of State (2001-2007) · House of Commons (member, 2001-2005) · House of Commons (member, 2005-2010) · 24 more...				[sources]
Education	Ruskin College · University of Hull (-1968)				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1938–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-12-10

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Lords	2010-07-07	2024-07-10
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	1997-05-02	2007-06-27
Member of the House of Commons	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom	2005-05-05	2010-04-12
Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	2015-11-27	-
Member of the House of Commons	2001-06-07	2005-04-11

Data sources

Every Politician58,621

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,122

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Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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