Birthday Honours 2011
Gavin Whitefield CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive • North Lanarkshire Council
Organisation: North Lanarkshire Council
“For services to Local Government.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2011
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Lanarkshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, North Lanarkshire Council
- Region
- Lanarkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 112 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, North Lanarkshire Council.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2011
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Alan Drury Macklin
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late Corps of Royal Engineers
Alan James Baxter
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“For services to Engineering and to Conservation.”
Alan Thorpe Richard Wood
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London
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Alexander Robert Nairne
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London
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Charles Stott
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Kent
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Andrew John Wallard
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“For services to international measurement.”
Anthony James McGuirk
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Merseyside
“For services to Local Government.”
Antony Ronald Wadsworth
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London
“For services to the Music Industry.”
Brian Owen Williams
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Glasgow
“For services to Medicine.”
Bryan Ferry
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London
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Bus industry in Northern Ireland.
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Catherine Billingham
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South Yorkshire
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Catherine Felicity Byrne
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London
“for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office.”
Celia Birtwell
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London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Charles William Jacob
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Kent
“For charitable services.”
Christopher Cropper Hood
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Oxfordshire
Christopher Richard Nigel Clark
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London
“For services to Industry.”
Christopher Shaw Gibson-Smith
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Surrey
“For services to Business.”
Christopher Thomas Morahan
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Surrey
“For services to Drama.”
Christopher William Parfitt
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
Colin Firth
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London
“For services to Drama.”
David Gordon Wilson
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Glynne Jones
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Mark
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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
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
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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
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011).
Published 11 June 2011.
Location (Lanarkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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