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North Yorkshire honours recipients

In 2025 the following Honours were awarded to these special people across North Yorkshire:

Knight

Mr Stuart CARLTON
Northallerton
Corporate Director, Children’s Services, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Children, Young People and Families.
Mr Gareth SOUTHGATE OBE
Harrogate
Lately Manager, England National Football Team. For services to Association Football.

CBE

Mr Alastair John DA COSTA
Ripon
Chair, Capital City College Group, London. For services to Further Education.
Dr Margaret Josephine GILLESPIE
York
Deputy Director, Resilience Co-ordination Division, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. For services to Resilience, Planning, Response and Recovery.
Ms Cheryl WARD
Scarborough
Group Chief Executive, Family Fund. For services to Social Care.

OBE

Mr Nigel ASHLEY
Boroughbrige
Chief Executive Officer, Elevate Multi-Academy Trust, North Yorkshire. For services to Education.
Mr Lee CASTLETON
Scarborough
Campaigner for Subpostmasters. For services to Justice.
Mr John Arthur EVANS
Northallerton
Executive Chair, Beanies the Flavour Company. For services to Entrepreneurship.
Mrs Susan JACQUES
Northallerton
Chief Executive, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.
Mr David Edward LLOYD
Tadcaster
Lately Police and Crime Commissioner, Hertfordshire. For services to Public Safety.
Miss Katrina Elizabeth MORLEY
Middlesbrough
Chief Executive Officer, Tees Valley Education Trust, North Yorkshire. For services to Education.
Mr Simon Paul SPINKS
Cawood
Chief Executive, Harrison Spinks Group. For services to the Mattress and Bed Industry.

MBE

Mr Philip Martin BENHAM
York
Chair, Friends of the National Railway Museum. For services to Railway Heritage.
Ms Joeli BREARLEY
York
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pregnant Then Screwed. For services to Working Families.
Dr Lisa Ann COTTERILL
York
Executive Director, National Institute for Health Research Academy. For services to Health Research.
Mrs Gillian Anne HODGSON
York
Founder, Flowers From the Farm. For services to Floristry.
Professor Nicholas John LINKER
Yarm
Lately National Clinical Director for Heart Disease, NHS England. For services to People with Heart Disease.
Mr Christopher Andrew MAXWELL
York
Regional Homelessness Prevention Team Coordinator, Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service. For services to Public Protection, Reducing Reoffending and Rehabilitation.
Mr Gordon MCGOUGH
Middlesborough
Lately Foster Carer, Middlesbrough Council. For services to Foster Care.
Mrs Caroline MCGOUGH
Middlesborough
Lately Foster Carer, Middlesbrough Council. For services to Fostering.
Mrs Karen NORTON
Northallerton
Lately Executive Primary Head, Vision Academy Learning Trust. For services to Education.
Reverend Stephen Charles REDMAN
York
Volunteer, Candlelighters. For services to the Families of Children with Cancer.
Mr Frederick RING
York
Co-founder, Chair and Trustee, York Racial Equality Network. For services to the community in York.
Mrs Lindsay Anne RUSSELL
West Layton
Information Support Officer, Infantry Training Centre. For services to Service Recruits, their Families and to Defence.
Ms Debbie Ann SWALE
Whitby
Founder, Revival North Yorkshire CIC. For services to the Prevention of Loneliness and Isolation in Older People in North Yorkshire.
Ms Nadine TILBURY
York
Lately Policy Officer, Working Together with Parents Network. For services to Promoting the Rights of Disabled Parents.
Mrs Nicola WILSON
Northallerton
Coach and Mentor, Wesko Equestrian Foundation. For services to Sport.

BEM

Mrs Judith Rose BROWN
Middlesbrough
Campaigner. For services to Parents and Carers of People with Disabilities.
Mrs Eileen Rosemary HARRISON-TOPHAM
Leyburn
For services to communities in East and North Yorkshire.
Mr Jeremy Nigel HOLLAND
York
Police Support Volunteer, North Yorkshire Police. For services to Policing.
Ms Alison Marie SEMMENCE
Harrogate
Chief Executive, York Centre for Voluntary Service. For services to Social Prescribing.
Mrs Valerie June SNOWDEN
York
President, Hospital Broadcasting Association. For services to Hospital, Health and Wellbeing Broadcasting.