New Year Honours 2020
Gareth Fox OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For political 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
28 December 2019
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Gareth FOX
For political service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
47 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Essex.
How widely is this recognised?
2,447 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 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 New Year Honours 2020
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“For services to Medical Research.”
Adrian Gault
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“For services to the Environment and to Tackling Climate Change.”
Agnes Gillespie
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“For public service.”
Alan Digman
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“For services to Government Security and to Charity.”
Alan John Smith
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Co. Londonderry
“For services to Education.”
Alan Sherry
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Motherwell, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Social Work.”
Alexander Williams
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
Ali Akbor
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to the community in Leeds.”
Alison Brenchley
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Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
Allison Ogden-newton
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Social Enterprise.”
Andrea Pearson
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Brown
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Church.”
Andrew Browne
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Co. Down
“For services to victims and survivors of abuse.”
Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Falvey
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Jowett
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Education in Zambia.”
Andrew Neely
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and to University/Industry Collaboration.”
Andrew Trotter
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Angela Hughes
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Dyfed
“For services to Emergency Air Service in Wales.”
Ann Francke
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London, Greater London
“For services to Workplace Equality.”
Ann Gallagher
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London, Greater London
“For services to Museums and to Contemporary Art.”
Anne Osbourn
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“For services to Plant Science.”
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jonathan Stephen Cunliffe
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Moira Chrystal
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“For services to Local Government and to the community in Ramsey, Isle of Man.”
Brian Robertson
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Emily Jarvis
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Caroline Bird
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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.”
Graham Metcalfe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Welton, Lincolnshire
“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Andrea Kinver
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public Service.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For Public Service.”
Samuel Jenkins
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Howarth
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
Anne Holland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454894. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Maldon, Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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