Career
He was chairman of the Derby Company-operative Movement and of Derby Labour College.
He was chairman of the Derby Company-operative Movement and of Derby Labour College.
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament]
Boardman worked as an official of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and was a member of Derby Town Council for 25 years. Boardman was Member of Parliament for Leigh from 1945 to 1979, preceding Lawrence Cunliffe.