New Year Honours 2025
Andrew Cooke
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Andrew COOKE Q.P.M. D.L.
H.M. Chief Inspector, H.M. Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
For services to Policing and to Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
1 Knight Bachelor recipient is from Merseyside.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2025
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“For services to Literature.”
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Wantage, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Transport Sector and to the Economy.”
Andrew Street
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For Public Service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Education.”
Bryan Sanderson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Labour Market.”
David East
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
Edward Braham
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Pulborough, West Sussex
“For services to Corporate Law and to Business.”
Gabriele Finaldi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Art and Culture.”
Gareth Southgate
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Jack Cuzick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Epidemiology.”
Jeremy Michael Isaacs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care.”
John Lazar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Technology.”
Loyd Grossman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Heritage.”
Marcus Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Nicolas Gibb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Noel Quinn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Esher, Surrey
“For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero.”
Ranil Jayawardena
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Bramley, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Sadiq Khan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity.”
Stuart Carlton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Thomas Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pontypool, Gwent
“For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
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.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
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.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782496. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Liverpool, Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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