New Year Honours 2023
Norma Redfearn DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Mayor
“Mayor, North Tyneside Council. For Political and Public Service”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Mayor, North Tyneside Council. For Political and Public Service
View London Gazette noticeLondon Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Norma REDFEARN C.B.E.
Mayor, North Tyneside Council
For Political and Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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