The Lord Mohammed of Tinsley | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 February 2025 Life peerage | |
| Member of the European Parliament forYorkshire and the Humber | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Procter |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-07-21)21 July 1972 (age 53) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Shaffaq Mohammed, Baron Mohammed of Tinsley,MBE (born 21 July 1972) is a British politician andlife peer. He served as aLiberal DemocratsMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for theYorkshire and the Humber from 2019 untilBrexit in 2020.[1] He unsuccessfully stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the House of Commons in three elections for seats in Sheffield. In February 2025, he became a member of theHouse of Lords.
Mohammed was born on 21 July 1972 inMirpur, a city inPakistan-administered Kashmir.[2] He was aged four when his family moved to the United Kingdom.[3] In April 1977 he moved to Sheffield and studied at Park House school. He left school at 16 and was employed through theyouth training scheme, while also studying forA-levels atLoxley College.[4] As amature student, he studied for a degree in business from theUniversity of Sheffield.[4] He then worked as ayouth worker in Sheffield.[5]
Between 2004 and 2014 Mohammed served as the Liberal Democrat councillor for Broomhill Ward onSheffield 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.[6] 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.[7]
In the2015 Dissolution Honours, Mohammed was appointed aMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for political service" as a councillor onSheffield City Council.[8]
Mohammed served as aLiberal DemocratsMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for theYorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.[9] He lost his seat when theUnited Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Mohammed stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, where he finished third with 6.1% of the vote.[10]
Mohammed was the Liberal Democrat candidate for theSheffield Central constituency in the2017 general election, coming fourth with 5.1% of the vote.[11]
Mohammed was selected in 2023 to contest former Liberal Democrat leaderNick Clegg's seat ofSheffield Hallam at the2024 general election.[12] Sheffield Hallam was considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[13] Mohammed finished second toOlivia Blake ofLabour, with 30.4% of the vote.[12]
In December 2024, as part of the2024 Political Peerages, it was announced that Mohammed would receive alife peerage to sit in theHouse of Lords.[14] He was createdBaron Mohammed of Tinsley,of Sheffield in the County of South Yorkshire on 21 February 2025,[15] and sits as a Liberal Democrat member of theHouse of Lords.[16] On 1 May 2025, he made hismaiden speech during a debate on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.[4]
