New Year Honours 2025
James Garrett MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair
“For Public Service.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING 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:
James Douglas GARRETT
lately Chair, Northern Ireland Policing Board
For Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chair
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- Halifax, West Yorkshire
“For Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 602 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
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194 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
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Chair.
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.
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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“For Public Service.”
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Wokingham, Berkshire
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Graham Metcalfe
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“For Public Service.”
Alison Lawson
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London, Greater London
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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“For Public Service.”
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Southport, Merseyside
“For Public Service.”
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783251. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Halifax, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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