Stephen Hepburn is no longer a Member of Parliament. This page has not been updated since 2015.
Biography:
Stephen Hepburn was re-elected MP for Jarrow on May 7th 2015 with 21464 votes, taking 55.7% of the vote.
Stephen Hepburn was born in Jarrow, Tyneside, the son of a shipyard worker, and educated at the Springfield Comprehensive School, Jarrow (now Jarrow School) and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked as a personal assistant to the MP for Jarrow Donald Dixon from 1979 until he succeeded Dixon as the local MP.
He was elected as a councillor to the South Tyneside Borough Council in 1985, becoming the deputy leader for seven years in 1990, and he has remained a councillor whilst serving as an MP. He also served as the chairman of the Tyne and Wear Pensions for eight years from 1989.
He was elected to the British House of Commons for Jarrow following Dixon’s retirement at the 1997 General Election. Hepburn won the seat with a majority of 21,933 and has remained the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on May 21, 1997, in which he could not fail to mention Ellen Wilkinson and the 1936 Jarrow March.
In parliament he served on both the administration and the defence select committees for four years from 1997. He joined the accommodation and works committee in 2003 until the 2005 General Election, since when he has served on the Northern Ireland select committee. He also serves as the chairman of the all party group on shipbuilding and ship repair, he is also the secretary of the all party group on football.
During his parliamentary career he has covered the following roles:
Member of House of Commons Defence Select Commmittee;
Member of the Northern Ireland Select Committee;
Chair of the All Party Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Group;
Secretary of Parliamentary FC.
Constituency: Jarrow
Constituency Address: 136/137 Tedco Business Centre, Viking Industrial Estate
Jarrow
Tyne & Wear
NE32 3DT
Constituency Tel: 0191 420 0648
Date of Birth: 6 December 1959
Email: hepburns@parliament.uk
Party: Labour
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 020 7219 4134
Twitter: @jarrowstevemp
