New Year Honours 2020
Lesley Seary CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Local Government.”
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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
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Lesley Ann SEARY
Lately Chief Executive, Islington London Borough Council
For services to Local Government.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
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“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 111 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
454 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454803. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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