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| John Prescott is given a peerage | John Prescott is given a peerage |
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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. |
| Altogether 56 new members of the Lords are being created although they do not officially become peers until they have been sworn in. | Altogether 56 new members of the Lords are being created although they do not officially become peers until they have been sworn in. |
| 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. |
| 'Super department' | 'Super department' |
| 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. | 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 working peers include former children's TV presenter Floella Benjamin and former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken MacDonald. | New Liberal Democrat peers include former MPs Richard Allan, Matthew Taylor and Phil Willis and working peers include 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. |
| An entire generation of unionists were inspired to enter frontline politics by Ian Paisley. He is a giant of politics in Northern Ireland Peter Robinson,Northern Ireland first minister | |
| 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. | 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 once indicated he would not follow in the footsteps of other former Labour figures who have left the Commons and joined the Lords - like Lords Kinnock and Hattersley - reportedly saying: "I don't want to be a member of the House of Lords. I will not accept it." | He once indicated he would not follow in the footsteps of other former Labour figures who have left the Commons and joined the Lords - like Lords Kinnock and Hattersley - reportedly saying: "I don't want to be a member of the House of Lords. I will not accept it." |
| 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 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. |
| Grassroots champion | Grassroots champion |
| 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. | 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 in 2006, 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. | His lowest moment came in 2006, 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. | 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". | 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: "They should never have put me with that woman, whose idea was that? It was Sue's I think." | Mr Brown, who forgot to remove a microphone, was overheard saying: "They should never have put me with that woman, whose idea was that? It was Sue's I think." |
| Peter Robinson, who succeeded Ian Paisley as leader of the DUP and Northern Ireland First Minister, said his peerage was "well-deserved" after a "long and illustrious political career". | Peter Robinson, who succeeded Ian Paisley as leader of the DUP and Northern Ireland First Minister, said his peerage was "well-deserved" after a "long and illustrious political career". |
| "An entire generation of Unionists were inspired to enter frontline politics by Ian Paisley," he said. | "An entire generation of Unionists were inspired to enter frontline politics by Ian Paisley," he said. |
| "He is a giant of politics in Northern Ireland and throughout the United Kingdom. I know that he will continue to fight for unionist principles and the people of Ulster in the upper chamber." | "He is a giant of politics in Northern Ireland and throughout the United Kingdom. I know that he will continue to fight for unionist principles and the people of Ulster in the upper chamber." |