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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has been made a peer in the Dissolution Honours List.Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has been made a peer in the Dissolution Honours List.
Mr Prescott, 71, who stepped down as an MP at the general election, was Tony Blair's deputy for ten years.Mr Prescott, 71, who stepped down as an MP at the general election, was Tony Blair's deputy for ten years.
Former Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley, former Tory leader Michael Howard and Gordon Brown's long-serving aide Sue Nye were also given peerages.Former Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley, former Tory leader Michael Howard and Gordon Brown's long-serving aide Sue Nye were also given peerages.
Dissolution Honours Lists are made at the end of every Parliament and allow outgoing PMs to reward colleagues.Dissolution Honours Lists are made at the end of every Parliament and allow outgoing PMs to reward colleagues.
They also allow the new prime minister to appoint working peers.They also allow the new prime minister to appoint working peers.
Among other notable names on the list are former Labour ministers John Reid, Des Browne, John Hutton and Quentin Davies - the former Tory MP who defected to Labour.Among other notable names on the list are former Labour ministers John Reid, Des Browne, John Hutton and Quentin Davies - the former Tory MP who defected to Labour.
Other Conservatives include the former chairman of the party's influential 1922 Committee Sir Michael Spicer and the chief executive of retail chain Next Simon Wolfson. Other Conservatives include the former chairman of the party's influential 1922 Committee Sir Michael Spicer and, on the working peers list, Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson and anti-social behaviour campaigner Helen Newlove.
New Liberal Democrat peers include former MPs Richard Allan, Matthew Taylor and Phil Willis and former children's TV presenter Floella Benjamin. New Liberal Democrat peers include former MPs Richard Allan, Matthew Taylor and Phil Willis, former children's TV presenter Floella Benjamin and former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken MacDonald.
The Queen has also conferred a life peerage on former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair.The Queen has also conferred a life peerage on former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair.
Mr Prescott, who stepped down as an MP after 37 years at the general election, is known for his plain speaking and combative approach to politics - he famously punched a man who hurled an egg at him during the 2001 general election campaign.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Labour leadership in 1994, but then threw his weight behind the man who beat him, Tony Blair, going on to play a leading role at the heart of Mr Blair's cabinet after the party's 1997 election victory.
He was rewarded with a specially-created "super department" spanning transport, planning, the regions and the environment, leading the UK delegation at the Kyoto climate change negotiations and campaigning for regional devolution.
His lowest moment came when his affair with his diary secretary Tracey Temple was exposed by a tabloid newspaper, prompting a public apology by the Hull East MP at that year's Labour Party conference.
He remains a popular figure among Labour's grassroots, proud of his working class roots.
Sue Nye found herself in the spotlight during the election campaign when Gordon Brown appeared to blame her for his encounter with Gillian Duffy - the Rochdale pensioner he was recorded privately calling "bigoted".
Mr Brown, who forgot to remove a microphone, was overheard saying: "I don't know why Sue brought her up towards me."