Birthday Honours 2016
Rachel Anderson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Gender Equality in Football.”
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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
11 June 2016
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Rachel Paula ANDERSON
For services to Gender Equality in Football.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Essex
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“For services to Gender Equality in Football.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 574 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 40% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2016
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“For services to the RNLI.”
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“For services to the Police and the community in Northern Ireland.”
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West Yorkshire
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Cheshire
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Perth and Kinross
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Alison Gilligan
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Devon
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Lanarkshire
“For voluntary service in Lanarkshire.”
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
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Barbara Sved
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Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Mary Mitchell
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Fiona Knight
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David Green
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Bangor, County Down
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Sharifa Begum
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women.”
Claire Alleguen
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Simeon Yates
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
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Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Clive Smith
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Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Becky Ruddy
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Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552110. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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