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]
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]
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]
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]
Mohammed served as a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.[13]