Shaffaq Mohammed
Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed | |
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 Shaffaq Mohammed in 2019 in Brussels | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Procter |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kashmir, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Shaffaq Mohammed MBE (born 21 July 1972)[1] is a British politician who served as a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.[2] He stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam in the House of Commons at the 2024 general election, coming in second to Olivia Blake of Labour.[3]
Early life
[edit]Shaffaq Mohammed was born in Pakistani administered Kashmir. In April 1977 he moved to Sheffield and studied at Park House school and later on graduated from the University of Sheffield.[4]
Political career
[edit]Sheffield City Council
[edit]Between 2004 and 2014 Mohammed served as the Liberal Democrat councillor for Broomhill Ward on Sheffield City Council. He contested Crookes Ward in 2014 and was defeated. He returned as a councillor for Ecclesall Ward in 2016 and was re-elected in 2018.
Mohammed was elected as leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Sheffield City Council in May 2011.[5] He lost this position when he lost his seat as a councillor in 2014. Following his return to the council he was re-elected as group leader in May 2016.[6]
In the 2015 Dissolution Honours, Mohammed was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for political service" as a councillor on Sheffield City Council.[7]
UK Parliament
[edit]Mohammed stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, where he finished third with 6.1% of the vote.[8]
He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Sheffield Central constituency in the 2017 general election, coming fourth.[9]
Mohammed was selected in 2023 to contest former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's seat of Sheffield Hallam at the 2024 general election.[3] Sheffield Hallam is considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[10]
In December 2024, it was announced that Mohammed had been nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.[11]
European Parliament
[edit]Mohammed served as a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shaffaq MOHAMMED | MEPs". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. 21 July 1972. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b Pack, Mark (23 March 2023). "Sheffield Lib Dems select Shaffaq Mohammed for Hallam". Mark Pack. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Ann Widdecombe and Brexit Party out of order comparing EU to slave masters – Yorkshire MEP Shaffaq Mohammed". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Shaffaq Mohammed writes: From a boy in Kashmir – to Leader of Sheffield Lib Dems". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Shaffaq Mohammed is back as leader of Sheffield Lib Dems". Mark Pack. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 61359". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 2015. p. 17615.
- ^ "Brightside and Hillsborough by-election result 2016". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "2017 General Election: The 8 candidates in Sheffield Central". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Sheffield Hallam Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate stands down". BBC News. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Political Peerages December 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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