Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate (born 14 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Dartford constituency in Kent from 1997 to 2010.

He studied at the independent Kingston Grammar School and later at King's College London, earning an MSc and Diploma of the RCOG (DRCOG).

[1] He has also written a number of pamphlets for the Fabian Society including Challenging the Citadel in 2006.

[2] On leaving Parliament he became Chair of the Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group,[3] having continued to practice as a GP during his parliamentary career.

[4] He married Deborah Dunkerley in 1979 in Dartford and they have two sons (born September 1984 and April 1987).