Birthday Honours 2016
Carolyn Wilkins OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Local Government and Public Sector Reform.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Local Government and Public Sector Reform.
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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
11 June 2016
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Carolyn Ann WILKINS
Chief Executive, Oldham Council
For services to Local Government and Public Sector Reform.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Derbyshire
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- Chief Executive
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“For services to Local Government and Public Sector Reform.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 248 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 17% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
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 Birthday Honours 2016
Adil Ray
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“For services to Broadcasting.”
Alan Borthwick
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Hampshire
“For services to Health and Health Research.”
Alan Thorpe
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Berkshire
“For services to Environmental Science and Research.”
Alexander Chesterman
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London
“For services to Digital Entrepreneurship.”
Alison Balsom
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London
“For services to Music.”
Alison Boulton
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Bristol
“For services to Education.”
Alison Mutch (mrs. Webb)
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Cheshire
“For services to Law and Order particularly Tackling Hate Crime.”
Allen Packwood
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Archives and Scholarship.”
Alyson Fender
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South Yorkshire
“For public service to Higher Education.”
Andrew Brown
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Burns
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Leicestershire
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Fisher
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Berkshire
“For services to the Digital Economy.”
Andrew Jameson
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Angela Barke
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London
“For services to Defence.”
Anthony Howlett-bolton
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Ex-offenders through the Langley House Trust.”
Anthony Larkin
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Herefordshire
“For services to Further Education and Disability Sport.”
Anthony Mcpartlin
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London
“For services to Broadcasting and Entertainment.”
Anthony Thompson
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London
“For services to Planning and voluntary services to Young People.”
Anthony Webborn
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East Sussex
“For services to Paralympic Sports Medicine and the British Paralympic Association.”
Antony Bannan
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Lancashire
“For services to the UK Economy, International Trade and Inward Investment.”
Arwel Ellis Owen
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“For services to Social Services and Social Care in Wales.”
Bernadette Rijnenberg
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Powys
“For services to Probation.”
Bhanu Ramaswamy
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Physiotherapy.”
Brian Blessed
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Surrey
“For services to the Arts and charity.”
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Christian Philip Hollier Turner
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Janette Durbin
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Glynne Jones
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Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
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Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
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Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552086. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (Derbyshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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