David Leonard Watts (born 26 August 1951, St Helens, Merseyside) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for St Helens North.

He went to Huyton Hey Secondary Modern School on Seel Road in Huyton. He had previously been leader of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council for four years. He was the shop steward of a United Biscuits factory on Binns Road in Huyton.

He is a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury