New Year Honours 2020
Allyson Macvean OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Ethics in Policing.”
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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
28 December 2019
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Allyson Elaine MACVEAN
Professor of Policing and Criminology, Bath Spa University
For services to Ethics in Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Somerset
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“For services to Ethics in Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 280 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
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Adrian Gault
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“For services to the Environment and to Tackling Climate Change.”
Agnes Gillespie
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Alan Digman
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“For services to Government Security and to Charity.”
Alan John Smith
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Co. Londonderry
“For services to Education.”
Alan Sherry
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Motherwell, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Social Work.”
Alexander Williams
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
Ali Akbor
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to the community in Leeds.”
Alison Brenchley
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Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
Allison Ogden-newton
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Social Enterprise.”
Andrea Pearson
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Brown
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Church.”
Andrew Browne
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Co. Down
“For services to victims and survivors of abuse.”
Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Falvey
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Jowett
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Education in Zambia.”
Andrew Leach
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Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to General Practice.”
Andrew Neely
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and to University/Industry Collaboration.”
Andrew Trotter
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Angela Hughes
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Dyfed
“For services to Emergency Air Service in Wales.”
Ann Francke
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London, Greater London
“For services to Workplace Equality.”
Ann Gallagher
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London, Greater London
“For services to Museums and to Contemporary Art.”
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Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
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Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
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Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
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Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
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Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
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London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
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Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
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“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454953. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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