Stephen Twigg (born 25 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997-2005. He came to prominence by defeating the sitting member for Enfield Southgate, the Conservative Cabinet minister Michael Portillo, at the 1997 general election. Twigg was made the made Minister of State for School Standards on 16 December 2004. He then lost his seat in parliament at the 2005 general election.