Paul Hollywood among more than 100 North West New Year's Honour recipients
The GBBO judge has been made an MBE for services to baking and broadcasting
Last updated 30th Dec 2023
Great British Bake off judge Paul Hollywood is one of more than 100 people in the North West to be recognised in the King's New Years Honours list.
The Wallasey-born 57-year-old has been made an MBE for services to baking and broadcasting.
After being named Sports Personality of the Year earlier this month, Manchester United and England goalkeeper Mary Earps has been made an MBE for services to football. Manchester City and England forward Lauren Hemp has been made an OBE.
Elsewhere, a survivor of the Westminster Bridge attack, who is from Darwen in Lancashire, has been made an OBE for his work to combat radicalism.
Travis Frain, 25, was hit by a car driven by Khalid Masood on Westminster Bridge in London in 2017.
He has since campaigned for the rights of terror victims to receive improved support from the state whilst also trying to prevent future attacks.
Mr Frain also goes into schools and colleges to share his experience and campaigned for a plaque to be installed on Westminster Bridge in memory of those affected.
Others to be honoured from the North West include:
- Paul Arnold, from Macclesfield, made an MBE for services to regulation and to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Kathryn Roberts, from Parkgate, made an MBE for services to mental health
- Elizabeth Gorb, from Macclesfield, made an MBE for services to education and skills
- Ian Jones, from Walton, made an MBE for services to education in Merseyside
- Rebecca Robson, from Barrow in Furness, made an MBE for services to the victims of domestic abuse
- Jude Godden, from Dulton in Furness, made an MBE for services to the community in Westmoreland and Lonsdale
- Elsie Martlew, from Carlisle, made an MBE for political and public service
- Ehinor Otaigbe-Amedu, from Bolton, made an MBE for services to women in Greater Manchester
- Daniel Hill, from Lowton, made an MBE for charitable services to bereaved families
- Nick Johnson & Jenny Thompson, from Altrincham, made MBEs for services to business and to the food sector
- Christie Kenyon, from Bolton, made an MBE for services to further education
- Marion Meakin, from Manchester, made an MBE for services to reducing reoffending and public protection
- Kathryn Morley, from Manchester, made an MBE for services to young people
- Stephen Sorrell, from Stockport, made an MBE for services to arts and culture in Greater Manchester
- Lydia Ina, from Manchester, made an MBE for services to vulnerable children
- John Hubert, from Hale, made an MBE for services to homeless men in Manchester
- Carrie Byrom, from Wigan, made an MBE for services to mental health and the community in the North West
- Dr Simon Grant, from Preston, made an MBE for services to diversity in the chemical industry
- Carolene Sargeant, from Blackpool, made an MBE for services to dance
- Catherine Penny, from Preston, made an MBE for services to plant heritage and to the community in North Preston
- Patricia Rogers, from Blackburn, made an MBE for services to young people
- Nirmal Singh, from Preston, made an MBE for services to community development and interfaith integration
- Donna Dawber, from Prescot, made an MBE for services to law and order
- Saye Khoo, from Hoylake, made an MBE for services to infectious diseases and pharmacology
- Elizabeth Hawkins, from Wirral, made an MBE for services to young people and the community in Wirral
- Kenneth Salter, from Ellesmere Port, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Ellesmere Port
- Anne Jones, from Neston, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Neston
- Michael Pemberton, from Workington, awarded a BEM for services to the regeneration and to the community in Cumbria
- Michelle Pearse, from Workington, awarded a BEM for services to education and the community in West Cumbria
- Melanie Gardner, from Brampton, awarded a BEM for services to arts and culture in Cumbria
- Sean Balmer, from Cockermouth, awarded a BEM for services to swimming in Cumbria
- Graham Hundley, from Kendal, awarded a BEM for voluntary service to the British Red Cross
- Rachel Parkinson, from Manchester, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Whitefield during Covid-19
- William Nixon, from Sale, awarded a BEM for services to young people in the West Midlands
- Patricia Jarman, from Stalybridge, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Stalybridge, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
- Ann Chapman, from Radcliffe, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Radcliffe, Metropolitan Borough of Bury
- Roy Wood, from Wigan, awarded a BEM for services to wrestling and young people
- Danny Herman, from Altrincham, awarded a BEM for services to education and to holocaust awareness
- John Fielding, from Accrington, awarded a BEM for services to young people and to the community in Lancashire
- Bernard Vause, from Morecambe, awarded a BEM for services to music and to the community in Morecambe
- Amanda Lear, from Wirral, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Moreton
- Norah Button-Brookwell, from Liverpool, awarded a BEM for services to dance and theatre
- Michael Eakin, from Liverpool, made an OBE for serviecs to music and the community in Liverpool