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.
European Parliament Mohammed served as a
Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the
Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020. Mohammed was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the
Sheffield Central constituency in the
2017 general election, coming fourth with 5.1% of the vote. 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 was considered to be a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Mohammed finished second to
Olivia Blake of
Labour, with 30.4% of the vote. He was created
Baron Mohammed of Tinsley,
of Sheffield in the County of South Yorkshire on 21 February 2025, and sits as a Liberal Democrat member of the
House of Lords. On 1 May 2025, he made his
maiden speech during a debate on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. ==References==