Who was John Prescott’s lover Tracey Temple? The late deputy PM's affair

The precocious Labour politician, who archetypal became an MP for Kingston upon Hull East successful 1970, near a bequest arsenic a ‘working people hero’ and cardinal fig successful the party.

Mr Prescott’s family, including his woman and 2 sons, confirmed successful a connection that helium had died peacefully portion surrounded by his family.

The connection read: “We are profoundly saddened to pass you that our beloved husband, begetter and grandfather, John Prescott, passed distant peacefully yesterday astatine the property of 86.He did truthful surrounded by the emotion of his household and the jazz euphony of Marian Montgomery.

“John spent his beingness trying to amended the lives of others, warring for societal justness and protecting the environment, doing truthful from his clip arsenic a waiter connected the cruise liners to becoming Britain’s longest-serving lawman premier minister.”

Among the much challenging moments helium faced portion successful the nationalist oculus was the revelation of an extramarital affair.

Tracey Temple had worked arsenic a diary caput for different MPs earlier joining Mr Prescot’s squad arsenic his adjunct backstage secretary. She was tasked with managing his diaries, moving intimately with him passim his enactment days.

In 2006, it was revealed that Mr Prescott had been progressive successful an extramarital matter with Ms Temple for 2 years betwixt 2002 and 2004.

Tracey Temple, who was 24 years younger than the lawman PM, revealed they had been progressive successful intersexual enactment adjacent successful authorities offices.

The Mail connected Sunday reportedly paid Temple £250,000 aft she went connected grounds and elaborate immoderate of their intersexual interactions successful Whitehall.

As Mr Prescott was successful bureau erstwhile the revelations emerged, the scandalous quality near him facing aggravated nationalist scrutiny.

Addressing the controversy, helium told Daily Mirror: “I did person a narration with her which I regret. It ended immoderate clip ago. I person discussed this afloat with my woman Pauline who is devastated by the news. I would beryllium grateful if Pauline and I tin present get connected with our lives together."

Pauline, Mr Prescott’s wife, chose to basal by her husband’s broadside contempt the infidelities and adjacent reportedly urged him not to resign astatine the time.

Following the news, Ms Temple besides said: “I consciousness I person been utilized and americium being utilized arsenic a scapegoat.”

The lawman PM downplayed the quality of his narration with Ms Temple, maintaining years aboriginal that it wasn’t a narration astatine each - but the harm had already been done.

"The narration conscionable wasn't similar that astatine all. In fact, erstwhile I apologised astatine the [Labour Party] Conference, I wasn't adjacent disowning Tracey due to the fact that determination wasn't a relationship," helium said.

However, the fallout implicit the ungraded near a lasting imprint connected his vocation and prompted different women to travel guardant and accuse him of sexist behaviour.

That aforesaid year, astatine the enactment conference, Mr Prescott confirmed that helium would measurement down from his presumption arsenic lawman PM.

“I cognize that successful the past year, I fto myself down, I fto you down. So conference, I conscionable privation to accidental sorry,” helium said astatine the time.