Nigel David Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham (30 March 1948 – 7 November 2022) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the 1992 general election until the 2005 general election, and as a member of the House of Lords from 2005 until his death in 2022.

He had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully as a Liberal Party candidate at the 1979 general election.

[2] On 28 January 2000, a man, later identified as Robert Ashman, entered Jones's constituency office and attacked him and his assistant, local County councillor Andrew Pennington, with a katana.

He was subsequently found guilty of attempted murder, and he admitted to Pennington's manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 2003.

[11][12] In Official Secrets, a 2019 British-American docudrama film, Jones is portrayed by Chris Larkin.