Kent Honours List
Honours List
Birthday & New Year Honours
Kent New Year Honours 2026 Announced
Order of the British Empire
Officer (OBE)
- Jane Burston OBE – Services to Air Quality
- Sarah Lee OBE – Public Service
- James Nichols OBE – Services to Defence
- Christine Salmon Percival OBE – Services to Parliament
- Francis Stuart OBE – Public Service
Member (MBE)
- Karen Blake MBE – Services to Technology and Diversity
- Christopher Deering MBE – Services to People with Disabilities in the London Borough of Bexley
- Janet Dell MBE – Services to Lifeguarding
- Janet Fischer MBE – Services to Music and to Charity
- Valmai Holt MBE – Services to Military History and War Commemoration
- Gail McManus MBE – Services to Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Kelvin Reynolds MBE – Services to Traffic and Parking Management
- Christopher Swadkin MBE – Services to Cricket and to Young People in South East London
- Benjamin Towers MBE – Services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise
- Alastair Upton – Services to Art
Medallist (BEM)
- Penelope Dyson BEM – Voluntary Service
- Robert Hitch BEM – Services to Goat Welfare
- Wayne Hodgson BEM – Services to Children in Kent
- Mark Jones BEM – Services to Community Railway
- Stephen Woodley BEM – Services to Tennis in Kent
Kent Birthday Honours 2025 Announced
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Commander (CBE)
- Rosalie Brown, For services to Former Prisoner Employment
- Sarah Wade, For services to Tennis and to Charity
Officer (OBE)
- Avinderjit Bhatia, For services to the NHS and Nursing
- Wayne Campbell, For services to Higher Education
- Peter Davies, For services to Charity
- Richard Jackson, For services to the Improvement of the Safety of Automated Gates
- Rose-Marie Moore, For services to Vulnerable People
- Shaun Spiers, For services to Environmental Policy and Sustainability
Member (MBE)
- Melanie Cooper, For services to the Armed Forces in Kent
- Martin Glasspool, For services to Science in Government
- Jennifer Hamilton-Woodthorpe, For services to Transport Planning and Accessibility
- John Hayes, For Charitable Services
- Mary Mumvuri, For services to Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism
- Andrea Scott, For services to Border Security
- Alvin Shaw, For services to Education
Medallist (BEM)
- Nicola Buckingham, For Charitable Services
- Paul Dennington, For services to Fundraising for Prostate Cancer
- Gary Hackwell, For services to Young People and the community in Medway, Kent
- John Hill, For voluntary services to Maritime Safety
- Rebekah Homewood, For services to Foster Care
- Peter Homewood, For services to Foster Care
- Susanna Howard, For services to Charity, to Mental Health and to the Arts
- Dudley Hubbard, For services to St John Ambulance
- John Meehan, For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Anne Thorpe, For services to Accessibility at Airports for Disabled Travellers
- Roger Valsler, For services to Education in the Field of Engineering
