His family said he had “spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environment”.
The former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman died “peacefully” and surrounded by relatives at his care home, they said.
Prescott was elected as MP for Kingston upon Hull East in 1970, and served until 2010,
He was a key figure of Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour project, seen by many as custodian of the party’s traditional values in the face of a modernising leadership.
There have been many notable moments during Lord Prescott’s career such as he played a key role in negotiating the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in 1997.
Also, in 2001, during a campaign event, Prescott punched a protester who threw an egg at him.
After retiring from the House of Commons in 2010, he was made a life peer and sat in the House of Lords until 2024.
6. Experienced diver
31 March 2003: Deputy prime minister John Prescott comes face to face with a nurse shark at The Deep, in Hull, on Friday, where he is backing the new `Shark Friendly' conservation campaign. Mr Prescott is himself an experienced diver and former merchant navy seaman. Mr Prescott is MP for Hull East. Photo: Lorne Campbell/Guzelian
7. School talk
22 September 2009: John Prescott at Pudsey Grangefield School giving a talk on climate change to pupils. Photo: Tony Johnson
8. Telephone campaign
Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, left, joins Lord John Prescott, Labour's candidate for next week's Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner election, during a telephone campaign session at Mr Chu's China Palace in Hull yesterday. Photo: Terry Carrott