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Emily Thornberry and Sadiq Khan named in New Yr Honours record

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Senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, are amongst quite a lot of politicians named within the New Yr Honours record.

Thornberry stated she was “each honoured and shocked” to have been made a dame.

Khan stated it was already the “honour of my life to serve the town I really like” and that he was “really humbled” to have been made a knight.

Conservatives Andy Road, the ex-West Midlands mayor, and Nick Gibb, the previous long-serving faculties minister, additionally obtained knighthoods.

Dame Emily instructed the Press Affiliation: “My husband was knighted a couple of years in the past and I by no means felt comfy sharing his title, calling myself ‘Girl Nugee’, however Dame Emily is a reputation I might be proud to go by.”

She added: “I consider my grandmothers, neither of whom have been even allowed to work as married ladies, and suppose how completely delighted they’d be to see this.”

Dame Emily has served as MP for Islington South since 2005 and is now chairwoman of the Commons International Affairs Committee. She was not included in Sir Keir Starmer’s first Cupboard after Labour’s normal election victory.

She is now a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

International Secretary David Lammy congratulated Sir Sadiq, saying that he was proud that the UK was “a spot the place you may go from being the son of a bus driver”, just like the mayor, to being a knight of the realm.

Sir Sadiq labored as a human rights lawyer earlier than getting into Parliament as MP for Tooting in 2005. He turned mayor of London in 2016 and has since gained two additional phrases.

Sir Andy, who was elected because the West Midlands’ first mayor in 2017, stated he was solely “the entrance man” for a mission to make his place a hit, and that his appointment as a knight was an “accolade for the folks within the West Midlands”.

A number of former MPs additionally obtained honours within the annual record.

Former MP Ranil Jayawardena, who served as surroundings secretary throughout Liz Truss’s transient time as prime minister, and former Conservative deputy chief whip Marcus Jones have each been made knights.

Former Labour MP Kate Hollern, who misplaced her Blackburn seat to Impartial candidate Adnan Hussain in July, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Lord Mike Katz, the nationwide chairman of the Jewish Labour Motion who was lately ennobled by Sir Keir, has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

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