Watch as Labour's newest Sheffield MP discusses "big shoes" she needs to fill
Abtisam Mohammed has been elected the MP for Sheffield Central.
She spoke to The Star's Harry Harrison about following on from her predecessor, Paul Blomfield, who served the constituency for over decade.
She spoke to The Star's Harry Harrison about following on from her predecessor, Paul Blomfield, who served the constituency for over decade.
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00:00Right then, Aksan, congratulations.
00:03Thank you very much.
00:04How are you feeling?
00:06Incredibly excited, feeling very privileged and honoured to have been elected, yeah, and tired as well.
00:15It's been a long night.
00:16It's been a long day.
00:17Yeah, it's been a long night, and day actually, yeah, no.
00:20Talk to us about what this means to you, following on from somebody who's dedicated so much time to the constituency or front pool.
00:29What's it like taking on that mantle?
00:31Paul has been an incredible MP.
00:35He has let you choose the meeting bill.
00:38He is very well respected in the constituency.
00:42Practically nearly every door that we knock on, everybody knows who Paul is, and he's done casework for people.
00:48So it's a really good thing to follow on from that, because it just means that there's so much positivity about a previous Labour MP.
00:57It just means that, you know, I've got to do better if I can.
01:01If there is such a thing, so I'll do my best.
01:04And obviously we heard you speak a little bit after the win was announced, but talk to us again a little bit more about how you're going to do that,
01:11what you're aiming to do to be able to fill those shoes.
01:13OK, so my intention is to do as much as I can within the constituency and to be as visible as possible.
01:20Do what I usually do, which is go out and talk to people, visit as many groups as possible, see what the issues are for people,
01:27and try and relay those issues onto the national arena.
01:31That's my job as a politician, to make sure that their views and their voices are heard nationally.
01:36Thank you very much.
01:38No problem at all.