Philip John Boswell (born 23 July 1963) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2015 to 2017.

[1] He spent over 15 years in the oil and gas industry, with work taking him to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Egypt, USA, Qatar and the Falklands before returning to Scotland with BP in Aberdeen.

Boswell served on all Energy Bill Committees whilst at Westminster and was Patron of Chris's House, the Suicide Charity based in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.

He never voted to reduce local Government funding and spoke extensively on Energy as well as being a co-author of the definitive paper on Carbon Capture and Storage in 2016, titled LOWEST COST DECARBONISATION FOR THE UK: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF CCS, researched, prepared and published for the parliamentary advisory group along with other industry experts such as Professor Stuart Haszledine and under the Chairmanship of Lord Oxburgh.

[5] In December 2015, though perfectly legal, Boswell was criticised for having previously received an £18,000 interest-free loan from US energy company Phillips 66 while working for them as a contracts manager.