David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate
The Lord Stevens of Ludgate | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 27 March 1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1936 |
| Party | Independent Conservative (2004–2012, 2018–present) UKIP (2012–2018) Conservative (until 2004) |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
David Robert Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate (born 26 May 1936), is a British peer who was formerly one of two UK Independence Party (UKIP) members in the House of Lords.
He was educated at Stowe School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA, economics). He is the son of Arthur Edwin Stevens, creator of the first body-worn electronic hearing aid. He was the chairman of United Newspapers, 1981–1999.
He was created a life peer on 27 March 1987 taking the title Baron Stevens of Ludgate, of Ludgate in the City of London. He originally sat as a Conservative, but was expelled by the party in 2004 after he signed a letter in support of UKIP. He sat as an Independent Conservative but joined UKIP in 2012. In late 2018, he left UKIP to once again sit as an Independent Conservative.