Raymond Blackburn

Albert Raymond Blackburn (11 March 1915 – 3 November 1991) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Birmingham King's Norton and Birmingham Northfield constituencies.

Blackburn was born on 11 March 1915 in Bournemouth, Dorset. He was the son of Dr A. E. Blackburn. He was educated at the independent Rugby School.

He served in the British Army during World War II. On 21 January 1940, having completed his officer training at Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment as a second lieutenant. He was given the service number 113779. On 1 July 1942, he transferred from the East Yorkshire Regiment to the Royal Regiment of Artillery. He reached the rank of captain.

On 4 January 1955, having been convicted of a crime by the civil authorities, he was "removed from the Army".

Blackburn stood unsuccessfully for the Common Wealth Party in the Watford by-election, 1943. He then won the King's Norton seat for Labour at the 1945 general election, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Basil Arthur John Peto but at the 1950 general election switched to the newly created Northfield seat. He left Parliament the following year.