Stephen Hepburn (born 6 December 1959) is a British politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Jarrow from 1997 to 2019.

He then sat as an independent and was barred by the party from standing as a Labour candidate.

He worked as a personal assistant to Donald Dixon (MP for Jarrow).

Hepburn served as the chairman of Tyne and Wear Pensions for eight years from 1989.

He made his maiden speech on 21 May 1997, in which he mentioned Ellen Wilkinson and the 1936 Jarrow March.