New Year Honours 2024
Sanjay Bhandari MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair
“For services to Sport.”
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Recognised for
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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
30 December 2023
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Sanjay BHANDARI
Chair, Kick It Out
For services to Sport.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Chair
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- Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
In their area
127 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2024
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Local Government.”
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“For services to Forestry and to Climate Change Mitigation.”
Alasdair Bruce
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Wetherby, West Yorkshire
“For services to Libraries.”
Alex Glynn
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Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Marsh
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Alexandra Vincent
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Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
“For services to Research Funding.”
Alfred Oyekoya
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Minority Ethnic Communities in Wales.”
Alice Ellis (alice Hartley)
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Morpeth, Northumberland
“For services to the NHS.”
Alice Hendy
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Fareham, Hampshire
“For services to Online Safety.”
Alicia Martin
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Alison Chivers (alison Hill)
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Alison Fordy
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.”
Alison Fotheringham
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Edenbridge, Kent
“For Public and Voluntary Service.”
Alison France
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Disadvantaged People.”
Alison Moffitt Robinson
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Ballymoney, County Antrim
“For services to Sports Management and Development in Northern Ireland.”
Alison Murray
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Didcot, Oxfordshire
“For services to Adult Social Care.”
Alison Savage
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Bath, Somerset
“For services to Military Families.”
Allan Beard
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Allan Young
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Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Music.”
Amanda Bird
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Bicester, Oxfordshire
“For services to Defence Logistics.”
Amanda Chadwick
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Children in Hospital.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Nigel Travis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch.”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Alan Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
James Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520464. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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