Meet the inspiring people from Stroud named in New Year's Honours

The annual awards mark the achievements and service of exceptional people across the country.

More than 1,227 people have been awarded honours this year - including two recipients from Stroud - a Nailsworth community champion and well-known author Jilly Cooper. 

This year, 90 people in the South West received honours, which is just over seven per cent of the total number of recipients.

Here are those who made the list - from Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and Bristol.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Jilly Cooper CBE - Stroud, Gloucestershire

Author - for services to literature and to charity 

Well-known author Jilly Cooper - who lives in Bisley - has been given a damehood in the New Year Honours list (Image: Newsquest)

Order of the Bath

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Polly Payne - Lechlade, Gloucestershire

For public service - Director General of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Professor Ronald Hutton FBA - Bristol 

For services to history - Professor of history at the University of Bristol

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Dr Ruth Cromie - Bristol 

For services to wetland and waterbird conservation - research fellow at the WWT  

Dr Kathryn Marks - Bristol / Gloucestershire 

For services to flood risk management and to equality, diversity and inclusion - Deputy Director, Environment Agency

Dr Teame Mebrahtu - Bristol 

For services to education, to refugees and to the community in Bristol

Dr Jane Monckton-Smith - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 

For services to criminal justice -  Professor of Public Protection, University of Gloucestershire

Amy Perrin - Bristol 

For services to older people - founder of The Marmalade Trust

Marvin Rees - Bristol 

For services to local government - mayor of Bristol City Council

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Image: Library image)

Steven Savory - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

For services to education - Chief Executive Officer, Gloucestershire Learning Alliance

Zehra Zaidi - Longhope, Gloucestershire

For services to international development, to humanitarian action and to community cohesion. 

Polly Payne from Lechlade has been awarded The Order of the Bath - she is currently Director General of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Image: Gov UK)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Valda Jackson - Bristol 

Artist - for services to art

Philip Haughton - Bristol 

For services to sustainable food initiatives and to the Bristol community - founder of Better Food 

Peter Mountford - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 

For voluntary services to armed forces personnel - lately executive chairman of Heropreneurs.

Carys Parry - Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire 

For political service - voluntary party manager, Conservative Party

Ruth Pitter - Bristol 

For services to equality, to charity and to the Bristol community - member of the Anchor Society and member of Stand Against Racism and Inequality

Dr Gordon Richardson - Bristol 

For services to disability access -​ treasurer of the Walking Alliance. 

Dr Andrew Stott - Lydney, Gloucestershire

For services to nature and climate - lately science adviser for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Alexandra Vincent - Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

For services to research funding - lately Chief Operating Officer, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Bar to the Medal of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Isobel Clink - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

For services to Golf

Jill Crook - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

For services to transforming care, learning disability and autism - Director of Nursing, Professional and System Development for NHS England (South West)

Janet Dyer - Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

For services to the Moreton-in-Marsh community - catering manager, National Fire Service College

Timothy Hewer - Little Stoke, South Gloucestershire

For services to beekeeping in Little Stoke, South Gloucestershire

Michael Jaynes - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

For services to young people and to the Cheltenham community - 1st Hatherley Scouts, Cheltenham.

Patricia Jones from Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

For services to the community in Nailsworth

Norman Mitchell - Bristol 

For services to sport in Bristol - Chair of trustees, Lockleaze Sports Centre

Pamela Wingfield - Bristol 

For services to dance and to the Bristol community - Founder and Principal of the Wingfield School of Ballet and Dance

Sanjay Shambhu - Patchway, South Gloucestershire 

For political service - councillor at South Gloucestershire Council and chair of BAME Conservatives

Cllr Sanjay Shambhu from South Gloucestershire Council has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) (Image: South Gloucestershire Council)

King's Police Medal (KPM)

Superintendent Paul Keasey - Gloucestershire Constabulary

King's Fire Service Medal (KFSM)

Samuel Allison - Station Manager, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service - Wiltshire

King's Ambulance Service Medal (KAM)

Vicki Brown - Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Critical Care, South Western Ambulance Service

Station Manager Sam Allison - from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service - has been awarded a King’s Fire Service Medal (Image: Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service)