Gordon Prentice (born 28 January 1951) is a British-Canadian[1] former politician of the Labour Party who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 1992 to 2010.

He was educated at the independent George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, where he received an MA in Politics and Economics in 1975, and was president of the union.

[16][17] By 2002, Prentice was campaigning for fox hunting with dogs to be completely banned, asking the government to bring back the previous year's bill and to force it through parliament.

[18] He later became a target of the Countryside Alliance, who named him top of a "most wanted" list published in December 2003 and attempted to remove him as an MP at the next election.

He later welcomed the merger being called off, saying it wasn’t appropriate for taxpayers in Lancashire to pay higher tax bills than those living in Cumbria.

[34][35] The following year, he became the second MP (after Graham Stringer) to call for Brown to resign, remarking that "the prime minister needs different sets of skills from a Chancellor of the Exchequer".

[36][37][38] After allegations involving Sophie, Countess of Wessex in April 2001, Prentice stated his belief that members of the British Royal Family should register their financial and business interests, like MPs.

[42] Prentice was among 625 other MPs at the time who received letters regarding the scandal, and paid back £2,620 to the House of Commons due to new, retrospective rules for expenses created by an external auditor.