Heather Stewart

Heather Stewart (born 28 September 1976) is an English journalist who is the Political Editor of The Guardian. She was formerly Economics Editor of The Observer and before that The Observer's Business Editor.

Stewart was born on 28 September 1976. She studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000 she completed a BPhil in Philosophy at the same university. She joined HM Treasury in 2000 as a researcher.

In 2001, Stewart joined The Guardian as a junior reporter, later becoming Business Editor at The Observer, then its Economics Editor. She left the post of Economics Editor in December 2015. In January 2016 she became the Political Editor of The Guardian in a job share with Anushka Asthana from Sky News.

In September 2016, Stewart interviewed the leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron.

In March 2019, Stewart spoke to Professor Anand Menon, the director of UK in a Changing Europe, about the direction British politics was headed and how to resolve the Brexit impasse.

Stewart presents a podcast, along with The Guardian's political correspondent Jessica Elgot, entitled The Guardian UK: Politics Weekly, in which she speaks to commentators and politicians.