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John Prescott, Baron Prescott is the former deputy leader of the UK Labour Party and British Deputy Prime Minister.

John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour member of parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

John Prescott may also refer to:

John Prescott, of Prescott, Rake and Exeter, Devon, was an English politician.

John Anthony Prescott is a game designer.

John Barry Prescott AC FTSE is a retired Australian businessman and corporate bureaucrat who was managing director and CEO of BHP from 1991 to 1998. Over his career, he has held numerous positions including chairman of Queensland Rail and ASC Pty Ltd, and director of Newmont Mining Corporation.

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Prescott is a surname of English origin; habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English preost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.