New Year Honours 2021
David Thompson
Knight Bachelor
lately Chief Constable
“For services to Policing.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
David THOMPSON Q.P.M. D.L.
Chief Constable, West Midlands Police
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
- Region
- Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
6 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater Manchester.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable.
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 2021
Charles Cox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Tavistock, Devon
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Christopher Le Brun
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Food Industry and to Business.”
David Pearson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
“For services to Health and Social Care Integration.”
David Stuart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community.”
Dieter Helm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy.”
Francis Mccormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
Graham Vick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music and to the Regions.”
Guy Weston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Charity.”
Lewis Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Motorsports.”
Peter Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector.”
Richard Atkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Further Education.”
Robert Chote
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy.”
Roger Alexander Deakins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Film.”
Simon Baron-cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to People with Autism.”
Stephen Deuchar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Westwell, Kent
“For services to the Arts.”
Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For public and political service.”
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 · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703130. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Stockport, Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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