Bob Blackman

Robert "Bob" John Blackman (born 26 April 1956) is a Conservative Party politician.

Blackman was a member of Brent London Borough Council from 1986 to 2010, representing Preston Ward. He was the leader of the Conservative group on Brent council from 1990 to 2010, and from June 2006 to May 2010 he was Deputy Leader of Brent Council, the Conservatives having formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

He stood as a parliamentary candidate for Brent South in 1992, for Bedford in 1997, and for Brent North in 2005.

He was elected as a member of the London Assembly at the 2004 assembly elections, taking the constituency seat of Brent and Harrow. He became Conservative whip on the London Assembly. In the 2008 assembly elections, Blackman lost his seat to the Labour candidate, Navin Shah.

!n 2010 he won the parliamentary seat of Harrow East from Labour, and held it at the 2015 general election.

In 2010 he was appointed as a member to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.