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, creator of the first body-worn electronic hearing aid.

[4] He originally sat as a Conservative, but was expelled by the party in 2004 after he signed a letter in support of UKIP.

[3] In late 2018, he left UKIP to once again sit as an Independent Conservative.