John Coughlan, director of children’s services, Hampshire CC
Lucy de Groot, executive director, Improvement and Development Agency
John Freeman, director, children’s services, Dudley MBC
Charles Hendry, QFSM, chief fire officer, Kent Fire and Rescue
Richard McCarthy, director-general of housing and planning, Department for Communities and Local Government
David Parsons, leader, Leicester City Council
David Prince, formerly chief executive, Standards Board for England
Samuel Younger, formerly chair, Electoral Commission
OBE
Martyn Murray Baker, formerly director of economic development, City of London Corporation
Martyn Murray Baker, formerly director of economic development, City of London Corporation
Keith Barwell, formerly chair, West Northants Development Corporation
Meral Ece, London Borough of Islington
Robert Froud, service head, cultural services, Somerset CC
Kathleen Gooding, formerly senior early years inspector, Wolverhampton MBC
Ann Marie John, member, London Borough of Brent
Susan Jones, head of public libraries childrens services, Hertfordshire CC
Jacqui Kennedy, director of regulatory services, Birmingham City Council
Joanne Roney, chief executive, Wakefield City Council
Susan Smith, formerly chair, Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
Nicholas Stanton, leader, London Borough of Southwark
Alexander Stephen, chief executive, Dundee City Council
Bernard Whittie, member, Lancashire CC
MBE
Beryl Brown, formerly library manager, Wychwood Library
Beryl Brown, formerly library manager, Wychwood Library
William Bennett Evans, formerly councillor, Bridgend CBC
Rodney Fitzgerald, City of London
Frederick Houghton, formerly fostering and adoption marketing and recruitment officer, Lincolnshire CC
Thomas James, for services to local government in Wiltshire
Joan Taylor, for services to local government in the East Midlands
Christine Wood, senior library and information assistant, Benwell Library, Newcastle upon Tyne
