Bob Blackman

Bob Blackman
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Backbench Business Committee
Assumed office
9 September 2024
Preceded byIan Mearns
Chairman of the 1922 Committee
Assumed office
9 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byGraham Brady
Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee
In office
17 May 2012 – 9 July 2024
LeaderDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Member of Parliament
for Harrow East
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byTony McNulty
Majority11,680 (24.4%)
Member of the London Assembly
for Brent and Harrow
In office
10 June 2004 – 1 May 2008
Preceded byToby Harris
Succeeded byNavin Shah
Personal details
Born (1956-04-26) 26 April 1956 (age 68)[1]
Kensington, London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseNicola Blackman
Residence(s)Wembley, London, England
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool (BSc)
ProfessionBT
telecommunications engineer
Websitebobblackman.org.uk
parliament.uk biography

Robert John Blackman CBE MP (born 26 April 1956[2]) is a British politician who has been the chairman of the 1922 Committee and chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow East since 2010. He served as the Joint Executive Secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee from 2012 to 2024.[3] Blackman was the Member of the London Assembly (MLA) for Brent and Harrow between 2004 and 2008.

  1. ^ "Bob Blackman MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Blackman, Robert, (born 26 April 1956), MP (C) Harrow East, since 2010". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u45088. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ "New faces on Tory 1922 committee". BBC News. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2017.