Birthday Honours 2021
Michael Cunningham CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Policing and to Public Service.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Michael Bernard CUNNINGHAM Q.P.M.
lately, Chief Executive Officer, College of Policing
For services to Policing and to Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
19 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Lancashire.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2021
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Alissa Goodman
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Amanda Sunderland
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“For services to Nursing.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
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“For services to Public Finance.”
Anne Longfield
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Ilkley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Children.”
Antony Bourne
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Dorchester, Dorset
“For services to EU Exit.”
Antony Jenkins
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business.”
Bruce Marshall
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service particularly during Covid-19.”
Caroline Abrahams
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Voluntary Sector and Older People during Covid-19.”
Christopher Hall
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“For Public Service.”
Christopher Townsend
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London, Greater London
“For services to Clinically Vulnerable People during the Covid-19 Response.”
Chuka Nwokolo
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“For services to the NHS and to Medical Research.”
Clive Selley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Telecommunications during Covid-19.”
Colin Perry
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London, Greater London
“For services to EU Exit, Transition and Legacy.”
Conrad Bailey
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“For Public Service.”
Crawford Boswell
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London, Greater London
“For services to charitable Food Provision during Covid-19.”
Damian Piper
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“For services to Defence.”
Daniel James
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David Boyle
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
David Bryan
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Dangoor
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London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Greater London.”
David Hunt
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Southport, Merseyside
“For services to UK Healthcare and to the Covid-19 Response.”
Denise Spence
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“For services to Girlguiding and to Public Service.”
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
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
John Scott
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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
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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
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London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Brian Whitaker
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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
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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
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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.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816766. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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