New Year Honours 2026
John Robins
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lately Chief Constable
“For services to Policing.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
John Patrick ROBINS Q.P.M. D.L.
Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police
For services to Policing.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Yorkshire
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- lately Chief Constable
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- Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 13 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Chief Constable.
How widely is this recognised?
664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2026
Adam Ingram
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Cedric Canagarajah
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Christopher Dean
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Ice Skating and to Voluntary Service.”
Christopher Vajda
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
“For services to International Law.”
David Robinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Social Innovation.”
Ian Forrester
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
“For services to International Law.”
Idrissa Elba
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Young People.”
Richard Harpin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Politics.”
Roy Clarke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For services to Entertainment.”
Simon Milne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Forfar, Angus
“For services to Botany, Conservation and Horticulture.”
Stephen Taylor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Nailsea, Somerset
“For services to Education.”
Tristram Hunt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Museums.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 664 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Karen Andrew
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Prisoners, to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Swansea.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Paul Taylor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
“For services to Science in Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Marcos Petrou
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to policing and security in the Sovereign Base Areas.”
Xavier Buhagiar
PersonOverseas Territories Police And Fire Service Medal · 2026
“For services to police training and leadership in the Gibraltar Defence Police.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Dudley Martin
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to the Policing Community.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Leslie Hawkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
“For services to Policing and to the community in Essex.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027356. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (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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