Phil Boswell

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Phil Boswell
MP
Member of Parliament
for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Tom Clarke
Majority 11,501 (23.69%)
Personal details
Born (1963-07-23) 23 July 1963 (age 60)
Coatbridge, United Kingdom
Political party Scottish National Party
Alma mater Glasgow Caledonian University
Website philboswellmp.scot

Philip John Boswell (born 23 July 1963) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill since the general election in May 2015.[1]

Early life

Boswell was raised in Coatbridge and worked there for a brief time as a policeman.[2]

Oil and gas industry

Boswell then found work in the oil industry, as a quantity surveyor and contracts engineer.[2] He spent more than a decade in the oil and gas industry, with work taking him to Hong Kong, Egypt and the Falklands.[3]

Controversies

In December 2015 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. Earlier in 2015, Boswell had tabled a motion in the House of Commons, calling for Chancellor George Osborne to close the "Mayfair tax loophole" tax avoidance scheme. An SNP spokesperson stated that Boswell had always declared his interests, and was committed to ending tax avoidance schemes.[4]

In January 2016 it was announced that Boswell would be investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over the claim that he did not properly record his directorship of a company in the Commons Register of Members' Interests, thus breaching parliamentary procedure.[5] He was registered with Companies House as the sole director of Boswell and Johnston Ltd.[6] On 30th March 2016 it was reported that this complaint had been upheld, however the Standards Commissioner stated that Mr Boswell had made a "genuine mistake" and that she did not think this was done in an attempt to conceal his financial interests.[7]

In February 2016 his parliamentary assistant Julie McAnulty was suspended from the SNP after allegations were made that she had made racist comments.[8]

In May 2016 the Independent Parliamentary Standards Association ordered Mr Boswell to repay £555 after he wrongly claimed the costs of promotional videos on parliamentary expenses.[9]

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35928198
  8. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14300011.SNP_MP_in_probe_over_claim_he_used_expenses_to_influence_Holyrood_selection_battle/
  9. ↑ http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/14489134.SNP_MP_Phil_Boswell_repays___555_after_expenses_probe/

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Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
2015–present		 Incumbent

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