John Leslie Prescott Biography

Birth of John Leslie Prescot

John Prescott marries Pauline

Appointed Official of the National Union of Seamen

Elected Member of Parliament for Hull East

Appointed Member of Council of Europe

Serves as a Member of European Parliament (MEP) and Leader of the Labour Group, when its members are nominated by the national Parliaments

Loses the election for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party

Appointed Member of Privy Council

Elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister and given a very large portfolio as the head of the newly created Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions. Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, 1st term

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister and given a very large portfolio as the head of the newly created Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions

Whilst attending the BRIT Awards in 1998, Chumbawamba vocalist Danbert Nobacon pours a jug of iced water over Prescott, saying, "This is for the Liverpool Dockers"

Prescott is criticised by investors in the railway for his statement - at the Labour Party conference that year - that the privatised railway was a "national disgrace"

Prescott is criticised by investors in the railway for his statement - at the Labour Party conference that year - that the privatised railway was a "national disgrace"

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, 2nd term

Appointed First Secretary of State

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is created in the Cabinet Office

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is created as a Government Dept

Prescott makes public his disapproval of Tony Blairs plans to give state schools the right to govern their finances and admission policies and to increase the number of city academies

Prescott makes public his disapproval of Tony Blairs plans to give state schools the right to govern their finances and admission policies and to increase the number of city academies

In recognition of his work in delivering the Kyoto Treaty, Tony Blair asks Prescott to work with the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for the Environment on developing the Governments post-Kyoto agenda

In a Cabinet reshuffle Prescotts departmental responsibilities are transferred to Ruth Kelly, as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, following revelations about his private life and a poor performance by Labour in UK

Admitted to hospital after being taken ill on a train from his constituency in Hull to London King's Cross, diagnosed with pneumonia and treated at University College Hospital

Prescott announces he has the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, which he believed was brought on by stress since the 1980s