King’s Birthday Honours: Vicky McClure and Nottinghamshire residents recognised in first list

Actress Vicky McClure is amongst 12 people living or working in Nottinghamshire to be recognised in the King’s first Birthday Honours list.

The Wollaton-born Line of Duty star has been honoured for her services to drama and charity, in recognition of her work with Our Dementia Choir, which highlights how music therapy can help those living with the disease.

In a statement on Twitter, the 40-year-old said: “I received this honour to continue supporting the great city of Nottingham, people living with dementia and the causes I am extremely proud to be part of and represent.”

This year’s list is the first from King Charles III for his “official” birthday on the third Saturday in June, which is separate from his actual birthday on November 14.

The former Nottinghamshire County Council chief executive, Anthony May, has been honoured with an OBE for his services to local government.

He became chief executive of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in September last year.

Mr May said: “I am humbled to have been awarded an OBE for my work in local government. I want to dedicate this honour to all those who work in local government, serving their communities, day in day out.

“My focus now is on my new job at NUH, but I am proud of my career in local government and sincerely grateful to those colleagues who took the time and trouble to nominate me.”

Cllr Ben Bradley MP, the leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said he “couldn’t think of anyone in local government more deserving” to receive an honour.

Ezekiel Awoyomi, from Worksop, initially thought his letter informing him that he had been awarded a British Empire Medal was a prank.

The recently retired officer said: “I first thought it was some prank or even a scam when I received the letter from the Cabinet Office – I had to make further enquiries to confirm it!

“I was doing my job and being myself, helping those I could and was not expecting any rewards for it.”

The full list of this year’s honours is below.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Katherine Ruth Abbott, Capability and Performance Management Lead, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For services to Human Resources and Mental Health
• Anthony James May DL, Lately Chief Executive, Nottinghamshire County Council. For services to Local Government

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Vicky Lee McClure, actress. For services to Drama and to Charity
• William Eric Brown, from Southwell, lately Museums National Security Adviser. For services to Museums and to the Arts
• Penelope Jane Taylor, Head at Newark College and Air and Space Institute. For services to Skills and Employment in Newark and Sherwood
• David Henry Williams DL, Vice-Chair at D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership and Chairman, Geldards LLP. For services to Business and to the Economy in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
• Dr Andrew Paul Haynes, from Newark, Lately Specialist Adviser to the Board, Sherwood Forest NHS Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust. For services to Health and to the NHS in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
• Barbara Mary Maddison, Honorary Vice-President at National Council of Women of Great Britain. For services to Young Women

The Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• Sir John Wilfred Peace, the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

• Ezekiel Abiodun Awoyomi, from Worksop, Inspector at British Transport Police. For services to Policing and to Young People
• Gillian Hagen, from Mansfield. For services to the community in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire
• Alan Christopher Henshaw, Team Leader at Environment Agency National Coarse Fish Farm. For services to the Environment and to Freshwater Fisheries