Hull East
Labour hold

John Prescott's seat has been one of the most Labour in the country in the 30 years since he was first elected. The east end of the city contains it major industrial area including several square miles of commercial docks, with a higher than average proportion of council housing, single parenthood, and low car ownership. It looks as rough hewn as its distinctive MP, and is just as unlikely ever to even think of voting for any other party.

John Prescott, one of the few proles in Blair's Cabinet, as Bevin was in Attlee's, is no Ernie Bevin, much though he might wish to be, but nor is he the emotional embarrassment George Brown was to Harold Wilson. A chippy eleven-plus failure, born in 1938, who eventually reached Hull University via Ruskin, he is a former ships' steward and union official. To his irritation, cartoon-parodied as a bulldog with a zipped-up mouth, he may reach those parts of the Labour heartland Blair cannot reach, but it is hard to see where he goes when he leaves his unwieldy Environment Ministry, where the litany of an "integrated transport system" is endlessly intoned to the deaf ears of the Treasury. He has been seemingly pencilled in for the cul-de-sac of the Cabinet Office.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 0.32% 14.99% 2.13 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.00% 2.13% 0.00 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.28% 2.49% 11.22 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 1.68% 4.43% 38.04 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 9.56% 7.27% 131.48 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 0.57% 2.56% 22.30 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.68% 3.94% 17.35 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 5.07% 13.04% 38.85 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 27.60% 12.70% 217.29 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 4.63% 8.14% 56.82 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.00% 4.02% 0.00 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 8.41% 3.19% 264.12 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 29.05% 11.31% 256.79 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 1.36% 3.06% 44.42 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 10.78% 2.52% 428.15 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 16.38% 9.41% 174.05 £5-10K 25.09% 16.63% 150.84 £10-15K 20.25% 16.58% 122.13 £15-20K 13.51% 13.58% 99.45 £20-25K 8.57% 10.39% 82.45 £25-30K 5.41% 7.77% 69.55 £30-35K 3.45% 5.79% 59.54 £35-40K 2.24% 4.33% 51.60 £40-45K 1.48% 3.27% 45.21 £45-50K 0.99% 2.48% 39.99 £50-55K 0.68% 1.90% 35.68 £55-60K 0.47% 1.47% 32.09 £60-65K 0.33% 1.15% 29.06 £65-70K 0.24% 0.91% 26.49 £70-75K 0.17% 0.72% 24.29 £75-80K 0.13% 0.57% 22.39 £80-85K 0.10% 0.46% 20.73 £85-90K 0.07% 0.37% 19.29 £90-95K 0.05% 0.31% 18.01 £95-100K 0.04% 0.25% 16.88 £100K + 0.16% 1.34% 12.25