Kevin Ovenden (born 1968) is a British, left-wing, political activist who was a member of the Respect Party's leadership.
[citation needed] Ovenden was for many years a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party.
[2] He was expelled during the split between the leadership of the SWP and the activists organized around George Galloway.
He worked in the Westminster and Bethnal Green offices of then MP, George Galloway.
Ovenden was on board the MV Mavi Marmara, part of the 2010 Gaza flotilla.