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皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours 2015

皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours lists 2015, published today, recognise the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the UK.

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Queen's Birthday Honours medal

Recipients stretch from Helston in Cornwall, where Verna Tripconey receives a BEM for services to the community and to the East Lizard Helpline途 up to the Orkney Islands, where John Muir receives a BEM for voluntary service to the community and to the Italian Chapel Preservation Society.

皇冠体育appre are 86 years between the oldest and youngest recipients on this list. 皇冠体育appre is an MBE for 103 颅year颅 old 鈥婦r William Frankland鈥�, a pioneer in allergy research who introduced this specialism to the UK途 and a BEM for 17颅 year old 鈥婲atasha Lambert who was born with athetoid cerebral palsy and is recognised for her charitable fundraising.

In total, 1,163 people have received an award:

  • 1,013 candidates have been selected at BEM, MBE and OBE level (295 at BEM, 481 at MBE and 237 at OBE)
  • 70% of the recipients are people who have undertaken outstanding work in their communities either in a voluntary or paid capacity
  • 皇冠体育appre are 595 successful women candidates in the list, representing 51% of the total
  • 6.9% of the successful candidates come from ethnic minority communities, a slight increase on recent lists
  • 6.3% of the successful candidates consider themselves to have a disability under the Equality Act 2010

皇冠体育app proportion of women (51%) in this Honours list equals the previous highest share of female honours, in the 2014 New Year鈥檚 list. Senior women at DBE in this list include Frances Cairncross鈥�, distinguished economist and lately Rector of Exeter College, Oxford途 鈥婸rofessor Frances Ashcroft鈥�, Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford途 and 鈥媄arine Kharas鈥�, Founder and Chief Executive of JustGiving.com.

皇冠体育appre are a number of well颅 known names being honoured in this list, including knighthoods for actor, comedian and co-颅founder of Comic Relief鈥� Lenny Henry鈥嬐� singer and songwriter Van Morrison鈥嬐� and Welsh rugby legend 鈥婫areth Edwards, for services to sport and to charity. 皇冠体育appre are CBEs for England rugby world cup winner 鈥婮onny Wilkinson鈥嬐� actors 鈥婥hiwetel Ejiofor and Benedict Cumberbatch, and for the creator of Paddington, 鈥婱ichael Bond.

皇冠体育appre are OBEs for actor 鈥婨ddie Redmayne鈥嬐� actor and singer 鈥婱ichael Ball鈥嬐� footballer鈥� Frank Lampard鈥嬐� and cricketer 鈥婮ames Anderson鈥�. 皇冠体育appre are also OBEs for broadcaster 鈥婲icky Campbell for his work as Patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering途 for actor 鈥婱artin Clunes for his services to drama and to charity途 and for former rugby player 鈥婮onathan Davies, for his charitable service to people with cancer.

Young people

皇冠体育appre are number of examples of 鈥� young people giving selfless service or demonstrating significant achievement in the list. To add to the recognition of 鈥婲atasha Lambert鈥檚 fundraising, there are BEMs for 25颅 year颅 old 鈥� Robert Sewell鈥�, who has already given over 2,200 hours of volunteering to Newham Police途 and 25 颅year颅 old 鈥� Laura Bates鈥�, who campaigns against sexism and gender stereotyping. Among the MBEs are 23 颅year颅 old wheelchair tennis champion 鈥婮ordanne Whiley途 and 27 year颅 old fashion entrepreneur 鈥婮ennifer Griffiths.

Watch Laura Bates, BEM, talk about the experience of being nominated.

Philanthropy

皇冠体育app 鈥婸hilanthropy Committee has delivered a broad range of significant recipients. 皇冠体育appre is a knighthood for 101颅 year 颅old 鈥婲aim Dangoor鈥�, for his extraordinarily generous philanthropy to a range of health, educational and religious charities. Other recommendations include a knighthood for 鈥婱ichael Davis鈥�, Chair of the Prime Minister鈥檚 Holocaust Commission, who has supported philanthropically a number of the commission鈥檚 international engagements途 and a CBE for 鈥婻oderick Brooks, who has been a huge benefactor to Manchester University and other charities.

Parliamentary

皇冠体育app Parliamentary and Political Service Committee, chaired by Lord Spicer, has recommended a knighthood for the 鈥婻t Hon Simon Burns鈥�, MP for Chelmsford途 a knighthood for the Rt Hon Simon Hughes鈥�, lately MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark途 a knighthood for 鈥婬enry Angest鈥�, National Treasurer, Conservative Party途 and a knighthood for 鈥� Paul Kenny鈥�, General Secretary, GMB Union.

Other recommendations include an OBE for 鈥婦uwayne Brooks鈥�, Liberal Democrat Councillor, who was with his friend Stephen Lawrence when he was murdered in April 1993.

Education

In total, about 11% of honours are for work in education. 皇冠体育app 鈥婨ducation Committee has recommended 30 headteachers in total, including a CBE for鈥� Diana Owen鈥�, Trustee and Chief Executive of the LEAD Academy Trust in Nottingham. Other awards in education include a knighthood for 鈥� Frank McLoughlin鈥�, Principal, City and Islington College, and Chair, Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning.

Health

Health makes up 7% of all honours. 皇冠体育appre is a rich breadth of vocations recognised within the health sector, including 9 awards for nurses at MBE level. Awards in Health include a knighthood for Professor Munir Pirmohamed鈥�, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool途 and a knighthood for 鈥� Professor Ian Weller鈥�, Professor of Genitourinary Medicine, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences.

Industry and the economy

Industry and the economy make up 10% of this Honours list. Awards include a DBE for 鈥婦r Nemat Shafik鈥�, lately Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund途 a knighthood for 鈥婫ary Verity鈥�, Chief Executive, Welcome to Yorkshire途 and a knighthood for 鈥婣drian White, for services to international trade and investment. 皇冠体育app recommendations include OBEs for James 鈥� Murray Wells鈥�, a former LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur and founder of the MyOptique Group途 Atul Pathak鈥�, Managing Director of the Appt Corporation Ltd and one of the UK鈥檚 most successful franchise entrepreneurs途 and Dr Andrew Salvesen, for services to entrepreneurship and philanthropic service in Scotland. 皇冠体育appre are MBEs for 鈥媄oe 鈥婮ackson鈥�, an award颅 winning young entrepreneur who founded the Living the Dream Performing Arts Company途 and for Helen Dhaliwal鈥�, co颅founder of Red Hot World Buffet.

Watch Sharmadean Reid, MBE, explain how she was nominated.

Science and technology

Science and technology make up 2% of the total. 皇冠体育app awards include a DBE for 鈥� Professor Anne Glover鈥�, lately Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission途 and a knighthood for鈥� Professor Harshad Bhadeshia鈥�, Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. 皇冠体育appre is also a BEM for 90颅 year颅 old鈥� Donald Grant鈥�, who has supplied readings to the Met Office from his weather station in Dunbar for nearly 3 decades.

Law and order

In 鈥� law and order鈥�, the awards include a Companion of Honour (CH) for 鈥婰ord Woolf, for his service promoting the rule of law, human rights, prison reform and inter颅faith dialogue途 a CBE for 鈥婰ynne Owens鈥�, Chief Constable, Surrey Police途 and a CBE for 鈥婬is Honour Judge Iain Hamilton鈥�, lately Senior Circuit Judge and Designated Family Judge for Manchester. 皇冠体育app recommendations for 鈥媠tate servants include a GCB (Knight Grand Cross) for 鈥婼ir Nicholas Macpherson鈥�, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury途 a DCB for 鈥婾na O鈥橞rien鈥�, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health途 a knighthood for Tom Jeffrey鈥�, lately Director General, Department for Education途 and a knighthood for 鈥婤ernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel, MOD.

Sport

Awards for 鈥婼port make up 5% of the total. In addition to the awards to 鈥婫areth Edwards鈥�, 鈥婮onny Wilkinson鈥�, Frank Lampard 鈥媋nd James Anderson the awards include an OBE for 2 time world squash champion Nicholas Matthew鈥嬐� and MBEs for long颅 distance runner 鈥婮o Pavey鈥嬐� boxing super颅middleweight champion 鈥婥arl Froch鈥嬐� and for Arsenal Ladies footballer Casey Stoney鈥�.

Awards to grass roots sport include an MBE for鈥� Natasha Hart鈥�, Founder and Director of the Newham All Start Sports Academy, a basketball charity offering sporting opportunity to young people in one of London鈥檚 most deprived boroughs. 皇冠体育appre are also BEMs for鈥� David and Eileen Woodhead who have given voluntary service to fell running for over 3 decades, and have been instrumental in the development of many international athletes.

And finally, there 鈥媔s a BEM 鈥媐or 21 颅year 颅old Katie Cutler鈥�, who set up a charitable fund raising over 拢300,000, and in so doing captured a spirit of real compassion, in response to the mugging and robbery of a disabled pensioner outside his home in Gateshead. Her fundraising has now been extended to other worthy causes in the area.

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Published 12 June 2015