Shaffaq Mohammed

Shaffaq Mohammed (born 21 July 1972) 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. He stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Sheffield Hallam in the House of Commons at the 2024 general election, but was not elected.

Early life
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.

Sheffield City Council
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. 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.

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.

UK Parliament
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.

He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Sheffield Central constituency in the 2017 general election, coming fourth.

Mohammed was selected in 2023 to contest former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's seat of Sheffield Hallam at the 2024 general election. Sheffield Hallam is considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

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