New Year Honours List 2025 awardees in Tyne and Wear

14 recipients from Tyne and Wear recognised in the New Year Honours List 2025.

All honours from Tyne and Wear - every year

Towns in Tyne and Wear

Newcastle upon Tyne 5 Gateshead 2 Houghton le Spring 2 Sunderland 2 Boldon Colliery 1 North Shields 1 South Shields 1

14 people

BEM

Susan Mountain
Person
British Empire Medal · 2025
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Public Health and Supporting People to Give Up Smoking.”

Member (MBE)

Ian Thomas
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Tourism.”
Joanne Smith
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
“For services to People Affected by Cancer in the North East of England.”
Leslie Scott
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
“For Political and Public Service.”
Sirkka-Liisa Roberts (sirkka-liisa Konttinen)
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
North Shields, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Photography.”
Madeline Howard
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Cyber Security.”
Jayne Carlisle
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Foster Care.”
Graham Carlisle
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Foster Care.”
Douglas Smith
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
“For services to the community in Sunderland.”
Margaret Kirby
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to the Law and to Vulnerable People.”

Officer (OBE)

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