Stephen James Morgan (born 17 January 1981)[3] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth South since 2017.

[7] Morgan has been chair of Portsmouth Cultural Consortium, a resident-led group committed to improving the city through cultural regeneration, vice chair of Age UK Portsmouth and a governor at Arundel Court Junior School and his former secondary, Priory School.

[8] Before going into politics, Morgan's career was in local government working at Portsmouth City Council, later becoming Head of Community Engagement for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

[10][11] This role allowed him to run for public office for the first time and in May 2016 he became the councillor for Charles Dickens, a central ward in Portsmouth City Council.

Morgan frequently speaks out on veterans' issues citing Portsmouth's naval history and his own grandfather's military service as his motivation.

On 3 April 2019 he hosted a Westminster Hall debate calling on the government to take further action on reducing veteran suicide.

The brief included the delivery of the equipment and support, nuclear enterprise, exports, cyber, innovation, science and technology, estates and environment and sustainability.

[27] In April 2020, the new leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer appointed him as Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces.