
Birthday Honours 2017
Aisha Gill CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Tackling Forced Marriage, Honour Crimes and Violence against Women.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Tackling Forced Marriage, Honour Crimes and Violence against Women.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Aisha Kulwant GILL
Professor of Criminology, University of Roehampton
For services to Tackling Forced Marriage, Honour Crimes and Violence against Women.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Tackling Forced Marriage, Honour Crimes and Violence against Women.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 110 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 8% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Cheshire
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to History.”
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“For services to the Rail Industry.”
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“For services to Architecture.”
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Cambridgeshire
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Buckinghamshire
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“For services to Publishing.”
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Conservation.”
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Durham
“For services to the Voluntary and Community Sectors.”
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Belfast
“For public service.”
Bernard Taylor
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Business, Education and the Arts.”
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Lancashire
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Suffolk
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Cambridgeshire
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to Business and Enterprise Promotion.”
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London
“For services to the Department for Work and Pensions.”
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“For political and public service.”
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“For services to Disabled Riders.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Imran Hafeez
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Pamela Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Disabled People.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Kristian Barnfield-guest
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Chenelle Ansah
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London, Greater London
“For services to Investment, to Women in Business and to Charity.”
Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Ending Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women.”
Diana Brightmore-armour
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women and Diversity in Financial Services.”
Martin Coppack
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Brighton, East Sussex
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804154. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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