Arise Sir Chris Bryant and Sir Alok Sharma: 2022’s Political Honours in Full
The New Year’s Honours list is out and has the usual handful of gongs for politicians; well-deserved awards handed out to people for basically just doing their jobs. The list in full:
Knighthoods:
- Mark Sedwell – for his career in public service spanning domestic and international policy across seven Prime Ministers.
- Alok Sharma MP – for his contribution to combatting climate change through his leadership at COP26 and driving the UK to agree a historic agreement from individual countries that will have a major impact in addressing climate change in the future.
- Richard Graham MP – For services to Trade and Investment in South-East Asia.
- Tom Scholar – Former Treasury Permanent Secretary, for public service
- John Benger – Clerk to the House of Commons, for services to Parliament
- Chris Bryant MP – For political and public service
- Julian Lewis MP – For political and public service
- Matthew Rycroft – Home Office permanent secretary, for services to British Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policy.
Damehoods:
- Norma Redfearn CBE – Mayor of North Tyneside Council, for political and public service
CBEs:
- Fergus Cochrane – Clerk to the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament, for services to the Scottish Parliament
- Elinor Mitchell – Director of Economy, Scottish Government. For Political service during Covid-19
- Samuel Pollock OBE – For public service in Northern Ireland
- Frank Roy – Labour MP for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1997-2015, for political and public service
- Andrew Stephenson MP – For political and public service
- Fiona Tudor – Former Clerk of Committees in the House of Lords, for services to Parliament
OBEs:
- Helen Belcher – LibDem councillor and trustee of Trans Media Watch, for services to the Transgender community
- Peter Kellner – Founder of YouGov, for Charitable Services
- Andrew Colborne-Baber – Senior Volunteer for the Conservative Party and CCHQ Chairman of the Governance & Risk Committee, for Political service
- Jennet Davis MBE – Former senior advisor to the COP26 Cabinet Office unit, for political service
- James Gilbert – Former deputy director to the Scottish Government, for services to housing
- Helen Grant MP – For political and public service
- Richard Horton – Editor in Chief of The Lancet, for services to health and medical journalism
- Gotz Mohindra – Senior volunteer at the Conservative Party and Vice President of the National Convention, for political science
- Elinor Wakefield – Former deputy COP26 envoy at the COP26 unit in the Cabinet Office, for political service
MBEs:
- Catherine Belton – Journalist at the Washington Post
- Louise Davies – Former director of Christians on the Left, for political and charitable services
- Joanna Dodd – Former Clerk of Divisions, Elections and Supply in the House of Lords, for services to Parliament
- Margaret Joachim – Chair of the LibDems’ English Candidates Committee, for service to women in politics
- Susan Murphy – Mayor of St Helens Council, for public and political service
- Dewi Owens – For political and public service in North Wales
- Sheila Ritchie – For political service in Scotland
- Aurfron Roberts – Member of Rhondda council, for public and political service