Paul Blomfield

Paul Blomfield
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Minister for Brexit and European Union Negotiations
In office 10 April 2020 – 1 January 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union
In office 9 October 2016 – 10 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Richard Caborn
Succeeded by	Abtisam Mohamed
Personal details
Born	Paul Christopher Blomfield (1953-08-25) 25 August 1953 (age 71) Chatham, Kent, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Linda McAvan
Alma mater	St John's College, York
Website	Official website

Paul Christopher Blomfield (born 25 August 1953) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2020 and Shadow Minister for Brexit and European Union Negotiations from 2020 to 2021.^[1]

Twice President of the Students' Union at St John's College, York, Blomfield was also a member of the National Executive Committees of both the National Union of Students and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the latter from 1979 to 1994. From 1997 to 2008, he was chairman of Sheffield City Trust; he was also the general manager of the University of Sheffield Students' Union.