New Year Honours 2016
Abdullah Rehman MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Abdullah REHMAN
Chief Executive, Balsall Heath Forum
For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
West Midlands
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2016- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
- Region
- West Midlands
“For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 573 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2016
(Cyril) Jeffrey Fox
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and charitable service.”
Adam Foster
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Adrian Koe
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Cambridgeshire
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Leicestershire
“For services to the community and charity in Leicestershire.”
Adrian Wills
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Derbyshire
“For services to the community in Leicester.”
Afsheen Rashid
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London
“For services to Renewable Energy Projects in Deprived London Communities.”
Aftab Chughtai
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West Midlands
“For services to Business and Community Relations in Birmingham.”
Agnes Grunwald-spier
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London
“For services to the Jewish Community and Holocaust Awareness.”
Ahmed Awan
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Staffordshire
“For services to Business and International Trade”
Ailsa Bosworth
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Berkshire
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Alan Grant
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Alan Mackie
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Alasdair Wills
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Alexander Stewart
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Perth and Kinross
“For voluntary service in Perth and Kinross.”
Alexandra Hyatt
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Alfred Forster
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Patients with Prostate Cancer.”
Alice Lester
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London
“For services to Planning.”
Alina Ibragimova
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London
“For services to Music.”
Alison Lewy
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London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Alison Mihail
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Berkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Allan Pacey
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Reproductive Medicine.”
Amy Hughes
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“For services to humanitarian and emergency medicine.”
Andrew Butcher
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Andrew Guy
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London
“For services to the Hospitality Industry and charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
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Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
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“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
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“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
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North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454828. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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