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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]
Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed | |
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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 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]
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]
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]
Mohammed served as a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.[11]
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