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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 is to become a member of the House of Lords.
Mr Prescott, 71, who stepped down as an MP at the general election, was Tony Blair's deputy for ten years. Mr Prescott, who is no longer an MP, was Tony Blair's deputy for 10 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, ex-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. Others in the Dissolution Honours are ex-police chief Sir Ian Blair, Helen Newlove, whose husband Garry was killed in 2007, and TV's Floella Benjamin.
They also allow the new prime minister to appoint working peers. The Dissolution Honours are announced at the end of every Parliament and include working peers nominated to represent each of the main parties, as well as a special dissolution list which allows outgoing prime ministers to reward former colleagues.
Altogether 56 new members of the Lords are being created although they do not officially become peers until they have been sworn in. An entire generation of unionists were inspired to enter frontline politics by Ian Paisley. He is a giant of politics in Northern Ireland Peter RobinsonNorthern Ireland first minister
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. Gordon Brown's 56 recommendations include former Labour ministers John Reid, Des Browne, John Hutton and Quentin Davies - the former Tory MP who defected to Labour.
'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.
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 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. Gordon Brown's long-serving aide Sue Nye becomes a Labour peer
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, 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."
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 But the 71-year-old responded to his appointment on his Labour blog on Friday, saying: "I welcome the opportunity to continue to campaign in Parliament for jobs, social justice and the environment as well as to hold this Con-Lib government to account."
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. Victims' rights
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." Peter Robinson, who succeeded Ian Paisley as leader of the DUP and Northern Ireland First Minister, said Mr Paisley's peerage was "well-deserved" after a "long and illustrious political career".
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
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.
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: "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".
"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."
I am just an ordinary woman, propelled into high profile by a set of horrifying circumstances which I wish with all my heart had never occurred Helen NewloveWidow of murdered Garry Newlove
Fellow recipient Sue Nye, who will join the Lords for the Labour Party, found herself in the spotlight during the election campaign when Mr 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."
Victims' rights campaigner Mrs Newlove, whose husband Garry was kicked to death by drunken teenagers outside his home in Warrington three years ago, said she hoped to use her position as Tory peer to speak for law-abiding citizens.
"I'm overwhelmed at this honour," she said. "I am just an ordinary woman, propelled into high profile by a set of horrifying circumstances which I wish with all my heart had never occurred."
Meanwhile, relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have said they were "disgusted" to learn of the ennobling of Sir Ian Blair - who is set to become a Lords crossbencher.
Sir Ian was commissioner at Scotland Yard in 2005 when the 27-year-old Brazilian was mistaken for a suicide bomber and shot seven times by counter-terrorist officers on a Tube train.
The victim's family said the former police chief's peerage was a "final slap in the face".
Vivian Figueiredo, Mr de Menezes cousin, said: "We are disgusted at this decision.
"As commissioner, we believe Ian Blair was ultimately accountable for the death of Jean, for the lies told and the cover-up."
Those named in the lists do not officially become peers until they have been sworn in.