Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles (born 2 November 1965) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019.

[4][5] In 1995, Boles founded a small DIY supply business, Longwall Holdings Limited, of which he is the non-executive chairman, having served as its chief executive until 2000.

[6] Boles was considered one of a group of young Conservatives, aligned with David Cameron and George Osborne, described as the Notting Hill set.

[13] In a November 2013 speech, at a conference fringe meeting, he argued that, despite their unpopularity, the reforms were "making the world a slightly better place", but that he'd prefer to work in education than planning.

[14] The following February, he took a trip out of hospital after a third round of chemotherapy in order to vote for the government's bill on withdrawal from the European Union.

[18] On 1 April 2019, Boles resigned from the Conservative Party following the announcement of the results of the second round of indicative votes on exiting the European Union.

[19] He stated in his resignation speech[20] that: He subsequently described himself as sitting as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" until parliament was dissolved on 6 November 2019.

This echoed a similar call from his close friend, Michael Gove, for Purnell, Adonis and Hazel Blears to serve a Conservative government.

Boles said in December 2018: "If at any point between now and 29 March [2019] the government were to announce that 'no deal' Brexit had become its policy, I would immediately resign the Conservative whip and vote in any way necessary to stop it from happening.

[31] In September 2022, Boles wrote an article in The Guardian, criticising Liz Truss's government and saying that "Labour is the only party that can lead us out of this mess".

[34][35] Boles claimed £930.60 in parliamentary expenses for Hebrew lessons so that he could better communicate with his Israeli boyfriend Shay Meshulam.

[36][37] Following public criticism, Boles donated money equivalent to the amount spent on the lessons to three local charities in his constituency.