Birthday Honours 2013
Stephen Geoffrey Houghton
Knight Bachelor
Leader • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Organisation: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Knight Bachelor · 2013
“For parliamentary and political services.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2004
“For services to Local Government.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2004
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2004- Role at the time
- Leader, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
“For services to Local Government.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2013- Region
- South Yorkshire
“For parliamentary and political services.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 28 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2013
Andrew Charles Mayfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Berkshire
“for Employment and Skills.”
Andrew James Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Public Health.”
Andrew William Dilnot
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics and Economic Policy.”
Anish Mikhail Kapoor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
Anthony Michael Vaughan Salz
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For voluntary service to Young People and Public Life.”
Anthony Robinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For public and political service.”
Brendan Barber
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Employment Relations.”
Christopher Antoniou Pissarides
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Economics.”
David Anthony Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Gloucestershire
“For services to Education.”
David Harry Metcalf
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to UK Migration Policy.”
David Richard Alexander Scott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Digital Switchover.”
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“for Gainsborough and lately Chair, Public Accounts Committee.”
Eric Jackson Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Gregory Michael Gerard Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
East Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Howard Hugh Panter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Surrey
“For services to Theatre.”
John Robert Hills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
Jonathan Edward Harland Mills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“For services to Culture.”
Kenneth Archibald Gibson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Education.”
Malcolm John Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
Michael Hintze
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Michael Rudolf Stratton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Medical Science.”
Nigel Bogle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Nigel Richard Shadbolt of Artificial Intelligence
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to Science and Engineering.”
Peng Tee Khaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Ophthalmology.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2004
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2004 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2003.
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