Stephen David John Gilbert (born 6 November 1976) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Gilbert was born in Truro, Cornwall and was educated at schools in Lostwithiel, Fowey and St Austell.

[5] He was first elected to Parliament in 2010 as MP for the new constituency of St Austell and Newquay with a majority of 1,312.

He has also served as a Junior Government Whip and as chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing.

[6] In 2013 he helped rescue a woman from the River Thames, throwing a lifebuoy after spotting what he had first thought was a body floating past the House of Commons terrace, as he enjoyed a cigarette.