Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles (born 2 November 1965) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Grantham and Stamford constituency in Lincolnshire from 2010 to 2019.
He was a member of the Conservative Party until 2019.
Boles resigned from his local Conservative Association on 16 March 2019 citing differences with his local party.
On 1 April 2019, he resigned the party whip, accusing the party of failing to compromise on Brexit.
He then sat as an Independent Progressive Conservative until the dissolution of parliament on 5 November.
Boles served as Minister of State for Skills from 2014 to 2016.
Before entering Parliament he was a Westminster City councillor and the director of Policy Exchange, a think tank based in Westminster.