Martin Stevens

Martin Stevens (31 July 1929 – 10 January 1986) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life Stevens was educated at Orley Farm School, Bradfield College and Trinity College, Oxford, and was a company director for Granada Television International.

Political career Stevens served as a member of the London County Council from 1955 to 1958 and a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council from 1959 to 1965. His condition worsened during his travel home, and he was admitted to hospital in Poissy, France, a suburb of Paris. He lapsed into a coma, caused by sepsis and an unspecified heart condition, and he died there on 10 January 1986, aged 56. Labour's Nick Raynsford gained his seat in the following by-election, although it was regained by the Conservatives in 1987.

Personal life Stevens was openly gay and was a member of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.