David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Stevens of Ludgate
Office3:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start3:31 March 1987
Life peerage
Birth Date: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[1]), 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 who was the creator of the first body-worn electronic hearing aid.[2] 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.[3] He sat as an Independent Conservative[4] but joined UKIP in 2012.[3] In late 2018, he left UKIP to once again sit as an Independent Conservative.[4]

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  1. Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527150901/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-26.html . dead . 27 May 2011 . The Telegraph. 24 May 2014. 26 May 2011. Lord Stevens of Ludgate, Chairman, United News and Media plc, 1981–99, 75 .
  2. Book: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U36175. Stevens of Ludgate, Baron, (David Robert Stevens) (born 26 May 1936). Who's Who. 2007.
  3. News: Former Conservative peer Lord Stevens to join UK Independence Party . BBC News . 18 September 2012 . 18 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Lord Stevens of Ludgate – UK Parliament . Parliament of the United Kingdom . 1987-03-27 . 2019-05-21.