Yorkshire's New Year Honours list in full for 2024 from sporting stars to school leaders and charity directors

The New Year Honours list includes recipients who have made "exceptional" contributions to society and to the country as a whole.

And among them are 83 people from Yorkshire and the Humberside, some seven per cent of those recognised nationwide, who are today named in gracious thanks.

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said: “Everyone from Yorkshire receiving an honour today represents the best in British communities.

“I send my warmest congratulations to this year’s recipients, all of whom are incredibly deserving for what they have achieved."

The list in full for Yorkshire is detailed below;

YORKSHIRE

East Riding of Yorkshire

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

John Campbell Forrester. President and Poppy Appeal Organiser, Driffield Branch, Royal British Legion. For voluntary service to Veterans in East Yorkshire. (Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Christine Mellor. General Manager, Library Service, North Yorkshire Council. For services to Public Libraries. (Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Betty Philipson. President, City Road Club (Hull). For services to Cycling and to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Darren Keith Sims. Founder, Daz's Rock 4 Charity. For Charitable Fundraising for Disabled and Disadvantaged Young People. (Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire)

NORTH YORKSHIRE

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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Professor Paul Emery OBE. Versus Arthritis Professor of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds. For services to Rheumatology. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)

Zoe Ann Lewis. Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Middlesbrough College. For services to Further Education. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

The Reverend Anthony James Collins. For services to Healthcare and to the community in Harrogate and Ripon, North Yorkshire. (Ripon, North Yorkshire)

Carl Anthony Les. Leader, North Yorkshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Bedale, North Yorkshire)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

George Alan Carney. Executive Officer, Department for Education. For Public Service. (Thirsk, North Yorkshire)

James St John Fenny. Head of Office, Public Defender Service and Transplant Surgery Ambassador. For services to Criminal Justice and to Organ Donor Awareness. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Alison Fordy. Proprietor, Alison Radcliffe School of Dance. For services to Young People and to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Dr John Michael Grimshaw. Director, Yorkshire Arboretum. For services to Tree Health and Plant Conservation. (Malton, North Yorkshire)

Dr Heidi Probst. Researcher, Lecturer and lately Director, Health Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Radiography. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)

Kevin Shakesheff. Co-Founder, High Tide Foundation and President, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Educational Fund. For services to Young People in Business and to the Maritime Industry. (Yarm, North Yorkshire)

Steven Underwood. Lately Mathematics Teacher, Ryedale School, Beadlam, North Yorkshire. For services to Education. (York, North Yorkshire)

Maureen Vevers. Chair of Governors, Askham Bryan College, York. For services to Further Education. (York, North Yorkshire)

John Ward. Chair, Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust. For services to Charity and to the community in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mary Margaret Rose Fisher. Lately Lollipop Crossing Patrol, Darley and Summerbridge Community Primary School, Harrogate. For services to Child Road Safety. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)

Clive Herbert Jackson. For services to the community in York. (York, North Yorkshire)

Christopher Marsay. Watch Manager, Cleveland Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the community in North Yorkshire. (Loftus, North Yorkshire)

David Saunders. For services to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Allan Stokoe. For services to the community in Eldon, North Yorkshire. (Ingleby Barwick, North Yorkshire)

David Alwyn Town. For services to Bell Ringing in Northallerton and North Yorkshire. (Northallerton, North Yorkshire)

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Angela Foulkes. Chief Executive and Principal, The Sheffield College. For services to Further Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Professor Timothy James Greaves Kendall. Lately National Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS England. For services to Mental Health Care in England. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Joanne Lucille Roney OBE. Chief Executive, Manchester City Council. For services to Local Government. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Catherine Louise Edwards. Lately Clinical Programmes Director, National Specialised Commissioning, NHS England. For services to the NHS. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Janet Elizabeth Kay. Kinship Carer, Kinship. For services to Children and Families. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Beryce Amy Nixon. Chief Executive Officer, Exceed Learning Partnership Trust. For services to Education. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire)

Professor Julian Daryl Richards. Professor of Archaeology, University of York. For services to Heritage and Digital Archiving. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Helen Ruth Waite. Deputy Director, Family Support, Department for Education. For services to Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Howard Wilkinson. Chairman, League Managers Association. For services to Association Football and to Charity. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Zahid Hamid. Lately Member, Peak District National Park Authority. For services to National Parks. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Joslyn Hoyte-Smith. Chair, GB Olympians Association. For services to Athletics. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Douglas Michael Jackson. For services to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

David Levy. Senior Community Outreach Adviser, Ukraine Humanitarian Taskforce, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Refugee Resettlement. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Andrew Colin Beevers. For services to Bell Ringing and to the community in Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Jon-Paul Kitson Cornforth. For services to the community in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, particularly during Covid-19. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

John Andrew Daley. For services to Young People and to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Ian Robert Hague. For services to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Margaret Sandra Myers. For services to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Samuel Jozef Oldroyd. Chief Executive Officer, JADE Youth and Community. For services to Young People and Families in Rother Valley, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Diane Oxley. For services to Young People and to the community in Thurcroft, South Yorkshire. (Thurcroft, South Yorkshire)

Cheryl Anne Sanderson. For services to Cancer Patients in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire)

Gloria Ann Stewart. For services to the community in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Richard William Townsend. Lately Community Coach, Milton Keynes Athletics Club. For services to Sport and to the communities in Milton Keynes and South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

HOME OFFICE

KING'S POLICE MEDAL (KPM)

Christopher James Flanagan. lately Detective Inspector, South Yorkshire Police. (South Yorkshire)

WEST YORKSHIRE

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Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Robert Geoffrey Burrow MBE. For services to Motor Neurone Disease Awareness. (Pontefract, West Yorkshire)

Stephen Banks Walker. Director, Strengthening Families, Leeds City Council. For services to Children and Families. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Jayne Louise Clarke. Executive Principal, Pinnacle Learning Trust. For services to Further Education. (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)

Stuart John Ensor. National Chair, Royal Air Force Air Cadets. For voluntary service to Young People. (Pontefract, West Yorkshire)

Kerry Joanne Jackson. Chief Executive, St Gemma's Hospice. For services to Palliative and End of Life Care. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Professor Mark Harvey Wilcox. Lately National Clinical Director for Infection Prevention and Control, NHS England and Chair, SAGE Sub-Committee on Hospital Onset Covid Infection. For services to Healthcare, particularly during Covid-19. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Tajinder Kaur Banwait. Founder, Urban Apothecary London. For services to Business and to the Beauty Industry. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Robert Duncan Beaumont. Lately Governor, Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College, Halifax. For services to School Governance and to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs. (Brighouse, West Yorkshire)

Helen Binns. Manager, Families First Team, Leeds City Council. For services to Vulnerable People. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Richard James Bottomley. Headteacher, Bradford Alternative Provision Academy. For services to Vulnerable Children and Young People. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Dr Alasdair Cunningham Bruce. Boston Spa Renewed Programme Manager. For services to Libraries. (Wetherby, West Yorkshire)

Professor Rachel Elizabeth Cowgill. Professor of Music, University of York. For services to Culture, to Education and to the Arts. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Alison Jane France. Operational Leader, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Disadvantaged People. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Professor Panagiotis Giannoudis. Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Leeds and Founder, Day One Trauma Support. For services to Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

David James Connelly Graham. National Director, Care Leavers Association. For services to Care Leavers. (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire)

Lesley Ann Hastings. For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire. (Pudsey, West Yorkshire)

Melanie Sharon John-Ross. Lately Service Director, Children's Social Care and Safeguarding. For services to Children and Families in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)

Jayne Anne Law. Lately Head of Honours and the Kings Award for Voluntary Service, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For Public Service. (Mirfield, West Yorkshire)

Kathryn Julia Marshall. Senior Manager, Lloyds Banking Group, Halifax. For services to Further Education and Skills. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Carol Stump. Lately, President, Libraries Connected. For services to Public Libraries. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Chandra Shekhar Biyani. Consultant Urological Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medical Education. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Sarah Louise Goodall. Watch Manager, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Fire and Rescue. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Richard Stansfield Isaac. Community and Sustainability Manager, Northern Trains. For services to Inclusion in the Rail Industry. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Azam Ahmed Khan. Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions and Founder, The Akhirah Team. For Charitable Services. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Diana Rosemary Lee. For services to the community in Collingham, West Yorkshire. (Wetherby, West Yorkshire)

Mubarak Hussain Mahmed. Well-Being and Engagement Co-ordinator, First Bus North and West Yorkshire. For services to Mental Health. (Batley, West Yorkshire)

Matthanee Nilavongse. For services to the community in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. (Todmorden, West Yorkshire)

Josephine Parkin. For services to the community in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Debra Ruth Veigas. End of Life Care Admiral Nurse, Wakefield Hospice and Dementia UK. For services to People with Dementia and to End of Life Care in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Darren Walker. For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

ALSO

KNIGHTS BACHELOR

Gregory Doran. Lately Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to the Arts. (London, London) Born in Huddersfield

Stephen Alan Michael Hester. Chair, Easyjet and Chair, Nordea. For services to Business and to the Economy. (London, London) – Grew up in Crayke and educated in Easingwold, North Yorkshire

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Kevin Sinfield OBE. For services to Motor Neurone Disease Awareness. (Oldham, Greater Manchester) – Former Leeds Rhinos rugby league player

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Anne Brewster. 50 Plus Lead, Yorkshire and the Humber, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Welfare of Older People. (Grimsby, Lincolnshire)

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

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Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Kelly Teresa Fisher. Professional Pool, Snooker and English Billiards player. For services to Sport. Born in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire