Arthur Stanley Newens, known as Stan Newens, (4 February, 1930– )was a British Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament.
He received a history degree at University College, London and became a schoolteacher. He held several posts in the National Union of Teachers and was chairman of the Movement for Colonial Freeman and president of the London Cooperative Society.
Newens represented Epping 1964-70 and Harlow 1974-83 in Parliament. He became an MEP for London in 1984, serving until 1999. He held several senior positions including Vice Chair of the PLP Foreign Affairs Group and Deputy Leader of the Labour Group of MEPs. He was generally seen as a prominent left-winger, campaigning against the Vietnam War and for other international causes.
Newens has been an active trade unionist and co-operator and has written several books and pamphlets, including Ceacescu (1972).
