James Alec Stewart (born 31 January 1964) is a retired British musician who was the bassist of the post-punk/hard rock band The Cult.

His mother, Myra (née Kidd), was a dancer with the International Ballet, and his father, Donald Stewart, was a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Stewart, after prompting from Mondo, attended auditions for the Death Cult bass player role and was subsequently hired.

[12] Stewart continued to appear on bass in the first two promotional videos for Electric: "Love Removal Machine" and "Lil Devil".

[14] In 1990, following the tour, Stewart left the band, citing the distance that had grown between Astbury and Duffy, and a wish to start a family, as the main reasons for departure.

Having relocated to London, Stewart moved into studio work, producing an EP on Beggars Banquet Records for Goat, featuring Adrian Oxaal, later guitarist with James.

During this time, Stewart joined Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden in a low-key band The Untouchables (which became Psycho Motel), playing informal gigs, mainly around London.

In 1992, Stewart produced the Joni Mitchell song "A Case of You" with Toronto-based band Sloan for the tribute album Back to the Garden.

On 10 October 2009, on a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of the Love album, Stewart played bass again with his former bandmates on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall for two encores, Phoenix and She Sells Sanctuary.