Februar 2011 wurde Stephen als "Baron Stephen of Lower Deeside in the City of Aberdeen" als Life Peer in den Adelsstand erhoben und am 7. ###>==House of Lords==On 2 February 2011, he was created a life peer as Baron Stephen, of Lower Deeside in the City of Aberdeen, and was introduced in the House of Lords on 7 February 2011, where he sits on the Liberal Democrat benches.