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'''Shaffaq Mohammed''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 21 July 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197811/SHAFFAQ_MOHAMMED/home|title=Shaffaq MOHAMMED {{!}} MEPs|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=21 July 1972 |publisher=European Parliament|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> is a British politician who served as a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire and the Humber]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=The UK's European elections 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 |website=BBC News |accessdate=26 May 2019}}</ref> He |
'''Shaffaq Mohammed''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 21 July 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197811/SHAFFAQ_MOHAMMED/home|title=Shaffaq MOHAMMED {{!}} MEPs|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=21 July 1972 |publisher=European Parliament|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> is a British politician who served as a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire and the Humber]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=The UK's European elections 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 |website=BBC News |accessdate=26 May 2019}}</ref> He stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for [[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]] in the House of Commons at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], but was not elected.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Shaffaq Mohammed was born in [[Pakistan]]i administered [[Kashmir]]. In April 1977 he moved to Sheffield and studied at Park House school and later on |
Shaffaq Mohammed was born in [[Pakistan]]i administered [[Kashmir]]. In April 1977 he moved to Sheffield and studied at Park House school and later on graduated from the University of Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/ann-widdecombe-and-brexit-party-out-of-order-comparing-eu-to-slave-masters-yorkshire-mep-shaffaq-mohammed-1-9864498|title=Ann Widdecombe and Brexit Party out of order comparing EU to slave masters – Yorkshire MEP Shaffaq Mohammed|website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk|language=en|access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
Latest revision as of 11:34, 9 July 2024
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[1][2] – 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)[3] 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.[4] He stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam in the House of Commons at the 2024 general election, but was not elected.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Sheffield Central constituency in the 2017 general election, coming fourth.[11]
Mohammed was selected in 2023 to contest former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's seat of Sheffield Hallam at the 2024 general election.[5] Sheffield Hallam is considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[12]
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.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- MEPs for England 2019–2020
- Liberal Democrats (UK) MEPs
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
- Liberal Democrats (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Councillors in Sheffield
- British people of Azad Kashmiri descent
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- British MEP stubs