New Year Honours 2017
Eileona Wilkinson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Prisons and H.M. Prison Service.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Prisons and H.M. Prison Service.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Mrs. Eileona Mary WILKINSON
Independent Monitoring Board Member, H.M. Prison Lancaster Farms
For services to Prisons and H.M. Prison Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Lancashire
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“For services to Prisons and H.M. Prison Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 606 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 41% 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 Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2017
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“For services to Swimming.”
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Adam Peaty
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Staffordshire
“For services to Swimming.”
Agnes Whyte
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Fife
“For services to People with Lung Conditions.”
Akuja De Garang
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“For services to the promotion of girls’ education and social development in South Sudan.”
Alan Cleminson
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Alan Cutler
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West Midlands
“For voluntary service to Geological Conservation particularly in the Black Country.”
Alan Motion
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Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Sustainable Forestry and Arboriculture.”
Alan Woodhouse
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Merseyside
“For services to Vulnerable People in Merseyside.”
Albert Leathem
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Antrim
“For services to the Royal British Legion.”
Alesha De-freitas
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London
“For services to the Digital Single Market and voluntary service to Education.”
Alex Bunting
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Down
“For services to the Support of Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland.”
Alex Menya
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Alex Scott
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Football.”
Alexandra Broadrick
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London
“For political service.”
Alexandra Danson
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Hockey.”
Alice Tai
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Hampshire
“For services to Swimming.”
Alison Price
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“For services to the dramatic arts in Kuwait and the Gulf Region.”
Alison Swan Parente
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“For services to Charity and Education Sectors.”
Alistair Strachan
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming and the community in Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire.”
Allen Matty
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West Midlands
“For services to International Trade.”
Alun Morgan
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Cardiff
“For services to Physiotherapy.”
Alun Read
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Andrew Crichton
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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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
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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
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674463. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 31 December 2016.
Location (Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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