New Year Honours 2025
Sadiq Khan
Knight Bachelor
“For Political and Public Service.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
The Right Honourable Sadiq KHAN
Mayor of London
For Political and Public Service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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 2025
Alan Hollinghurst
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London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Andrew Cooke
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Policing and to Public Service.”
Andrew Haines
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Wantage, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Transport Sector and to the Economy.”
Andrew Street
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For Public Service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Education.”
Bryan Sanderson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Labour Market.”
David East
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
Edward Braham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pulborough, West Sussex
“For services to Corporate Law and to Business.”
Gabriele Finaldi
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Art and Culture.”
Gareth Southgate
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Jack Cuzick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Epidemiology.”
Jeremy Michael Isaacs
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care.”
John Lazar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Technology.”
Loyd Grossman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Heritage.”
Marcus Jones
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Nicolas Gibb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Noel Quinn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Esher, Surrey
“For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero.”
Ranil Jayawardena
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Bramley, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity.”
Stuart Carlton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Thomas Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pontypool, Gwent
“For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782512. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
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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