Birthday Honours 2026
Jessica Morden DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Welsh Labour
“For Political and Public Service.”
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Jessica Elizabeth MORDEN M.P.
Member of Parliament for Newport East and lately General Secretary, Welsh Labour
For Political and Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Welsh Labour
- Region
- Newport, Gwent
“For Political and Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 2026 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
2 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Gwent.
What organisation were they with?
Welsh Labour.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2026
Anna Taylor
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“For services to Reforming the Food System.”
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to the West Midlands and to Charity.”
Carol Brayne
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Medicine, Medical Research and Public Health.”
Crystal Oldman
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Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Hayaatun Sillem
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Heather Stevens
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Vale of Glamorgan, South Glamorgan
“For services to the Environment, to Young People and to Philanthropy in Wales.”
Helen Gordon
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Property Industry.”
Jane Fraser
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Abroad
“For services to the Financial Sector.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Malorie Blackman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Melanie Hall (melanie Jane Davies)
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Global Diabetes Research, Policy and Care Management.”
Sarah Hackman
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Dundee, City of Dundee
“For services to Forensic Anthropology and Disaster Victim Identification.”
Serena Kennedy
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Sheila Bird
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Statistics.”
Shelagh Jane Legrave
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Sumeshni Tranka
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
“For services to Nursing.”
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Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 65091, notice 5152984. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2026).
Published 12 June 2026.
Location (Newport, Gwent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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