John Valentine Stevens (13 March 1852 – 14 August 1925) was a British trade unionist and Lib-Lab politician.
Born in Bristol, Stevens completed an apprenticeship as a tinplate worker before moving to Birmingham.
In 1874, he joined the Amalgamated Tin Plate Workers of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and District, and was elected as its president in 1880, and then as Secretary in 1886.
[1] Stevens was elected to Birmingham City Council on its formation in 1889, defeating Austen Chamberlain, and retaining his seat as a Liberal-Labour member until 1907.
In 1897, the annual Trades Union Congress was held in Birmingham, and Stevens served as its President.