David Michael Kurten (born 1971) is a chemistry teacher and United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) politician. At the 2015 general election he was UKIP's candidate at Camberwell and Peckham, coming fifth with a little less than 5% of the vote. He was placed second on UKIP's party list for London-wide additional member "top up" seats at the London Assembly elections in May 2016 and was elected to the assembly.