Birthday Honours 2023
Erika Rushton MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Co-Founder
“For services to Civil Society and to Social Enterprise.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Civil Society and to Social Enterprise.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Erika Ann RUSHTON
Co-Founder, Kindred Liverpool City Region Community Interest Company
For services to Civil Society and to Social Enterprise.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
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- Co-Founder
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- Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Civil Society and to Social Enterprise.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 599 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
101 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Merseyside.
What organisation were they with?
Co-Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4379343. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
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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