New Year Honours List 2023 awardees in Scotland
85 recipients from Scotland recognised in the New Year Honours List 2023.
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Medal / BEM
Loraine Swan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Lanark, Lanarkshire
“For services to the community in Lanark”
Fiona Rennie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Glasgow, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chair, Event Management Group for Rowing, British University and Colleges Sports. For services to Rowing”
Lucy Elizabeth Smith (Lucy Lintott)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Elgin, Moray
“For voluntary services to Motor Neurone Disease Research”
Jessie Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Crieff, Perth and Kinross
“Writer. For services to the Scottish Traveller Community”
Joyce Murray
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Bishopbriggs, Dunbartonshire
“School Crossing Patrol Attendant. For service to the Boys' Brigade and to the community in Glasgow”
David Mackay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Operational Team Leader, British Red Cross. For voluntary service to the Red Cross in the West of Scotland”
Kathleen Elizabeth Gow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Alloa, Clackmannanshire
“For Charitable services in Clackmannanshire”
Peter Dempster
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Clydebank, Dunbartonshire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Clydebank”
David Cooney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
“Committee Member, Cambuslang Harriers Athletics Club. For services to Athletics”
William Collins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Kirkcudbright, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
“Lifeboat Operations Manager, Kirkcudbright Lifeboat Station, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Maritime Safety”
Susan Chambers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Convenor, Parents of Autistic Spectrum Disorder Adults. For services to People with Autism in Edinburgh and the Lothians”
Carolyn Jane Brunton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For voluntary and charitable services to Cancer Research UK”
Donald Armstrong
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty
“For services to Music and to the community in Dingwall, Scotland”
William Sinclair Barbour
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Thornhill, Dumfries
“For services to Scottish Country Dancing”
Elizabeth Cassidy Wilson (Lysbeth Wilson)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2023
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Handbell Ringing”
Member (MBE)
Bertha Daniel Yakubu
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Community Activist. For services to the African Community and to Integration in Scotland”
Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chair, National Parent Forum. For services to Education in Scotland”
Christopher Wilkins
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
North Berwick, East Lothian
“Chief Executive and Co-Founder, The Sporting Memories Foundation. For services to People Living with Dementia and Loneliness”
Sarah Wanless
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Glassel, Aberdeenshire
“Emeritus Fellow, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. For services to Seabird Ecology”
Lorna Walker
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
St Andrews, Fife
“Honorary Senior Lecturer of Medieval History, University of St Andrews. For services to Higher Education”
Celia Margaret Lloyd Sinclair Thornqvist
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Killin, Stirling and Falkirk
“Founder and Chair, The Willow Tea Rooms Trust. For services to the Restoration of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms”
Nicola Taylor
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire
“National Coordinator, Fashion Revolution Scotland. For services to the Promotion of Net Zero Apparel in Scotland”
Jacqueline Taylor
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Giffnock, Renfrewshire
“Lately President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. For services to Medical Education and to Health”
Dupre Alexander Strutt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Kirkwall, Orkney
“Mechanic, Kirkwall Lifeboat Station and lately Area Lifesaving Manager for Scotland, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Maritime Safety”
Alana Stott
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Vulnerable Women and to Mental Health Awareness”
Malcolm Steven
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Inverness, Inverness
“Founder and Trustee, The Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool Charity. For services to the community in the Highlands and Islands”
William Smith
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Erskine, Renfrewshire
“Chair, Hillwood Football Club, Pollok, Glasgow. For services to the community in Pollok, Glasgow”
Pamela Robertson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Lately Curator, The Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. For services to Architecture”
Sheila Ewen Ritchie
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Newmachar, Aberdeenshire
“For Political Service in Scotland”
Lynne Rowley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Darvel, Ayrshire and Arran
“Lately Chair, British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists. For services to the Allied Health Professions”
Ruth Price
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Professor and Co-Lead, Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention Research Group. For services to Public Health in Scotland during Covid-19”
Louise Spears Durham Purvis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
St Andrews, Fife
“For voluntary service to the Prison Community in Scotland”
Margaret Isabel MacGregor Nicolson (Margaret MacLeod)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Giffnock, Renfrewshire
“For services to the Scottish Gaelic Language”
Hugh McLEAN
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Oban and Lorn, Scotland”
James Anderson McEWAN
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Islay, Argyll and Bute
“For services to the Scotch Whisky Industry and to the community in Islay”
Morag Liddell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“Lately Senior Charge Nurse, Neonatal Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. For services to Paediatric and Neonatal Nursing”
Stuart Liddell
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Inveraray, Argyll and Bute
“Pipe Major, Inveraray and District Pipe Band. For services to Piping and Music Education”
Shirley Ann Helen Linton
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Dundee, City of Dundee
“For Charitable Service in Dundee”
Mavis Little
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh
“Community Champion. For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in the City of Edinburgh”
Robert Houston (Rab Houston)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews. For services to Higher Education”
Alexander Melvin Alistair Hume
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Arran
“Chair, Isle of Arran Mountain Rescue. For services to Mountain Rescue”
Linda Margaret Hanna
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire
“Managing Director, Innovation and Investment, Scottish Enterprise. For services to the Scottish Business Community”
Carol Ann Graham
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to the community in Edinburgh”
Imelda Isabella Giarchi
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Analyst, Scottish Government. For Public Service”
Oluwole Folayan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Co-founder, Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers UK. For services to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering”
Thomas Finnigan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Balloch, Dunbartonshire
“Justice of the Peace. For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Dunbartonshire”
David Ferguson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Squash in Scotland”
Jacqueline Beverley Easson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For Public and Charitable Service, particularly during Covid-19”