Education
Blackburn was educated at Queen Elizabeth"s Grammar School, Blackburn, Saint John"s College, Battersea and Manchester University.
Blackburn was educated at Queen Elizabeth"s Grammar School, Blackburn, Saint John"s College, Battersea and Manchester University.
He served as a councillor on Middleton town council for ten years and published books on local government reform. Blackburn stood for Parliament at the 1950 election in Macclesfield without success, but was elected for Stalybridge and Hyde in 1951.
He successfully defended his seat in the subsequent general elections in 1955, 1959, 1964 and 1966, but did not contest the 1970 general election.
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