Here is the full list of people from the region recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
COUNTY DURHAM AND TEESSIDE
OBE
- Councillor Michael Carr. Middlesbrough Council. For public service to Education and Regeneration in Middlesbrough. (Middlesbrough)
- Susan Houston. Assistant director, Yorkshire, Humber and the North East, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. For services to the Economy in the North East. (Oakenshaw)
- Margaret Jane Moor. Head of Benefits, Benefit Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to People with Disabilities and to Charitable Fundraising. (Durham)
- Rachael Shimmin. (Mrs Stancliffe-White) Corporate director, Children and Adult Services, Durham County Council. For services to Social Care. (Durham)
MBE
- Peggy Joan Allen. For services to the community in Seaton Carew. (Hartlepool)
- Leslie Fawcett. For services to the community particularly Elderly People in Middlesbrough. (Middlesbrough)
- Ian Galletley. Regional chairman Conservative Party. For voluntary political service. (Darlington)
- Christopher Kemp. Community Learning manager Middlesbrough. For services to Adult Education. (Guisborough)
- Michael Matthews. European Operations Officer and managing director Nifco UK. For services to Business. (Darlington)
- Mary Anita Savory, JP. For public and voluntary service to the communities in Weardale and Wolsingham County.
- Peter Legard Stubbs. Volunteer Durham Constabulary. For voluntary service to Policing. (Barnard Castle)
BEM
- Agnes Gardiner. Personal and Family Support Worker RAF Leeming, SSAFA. For services to Service Personnel. (Darlington)
- Diana Christine Hinns. For services to charity and the community in Durham. (Stanley)
- Valerie Lister. Secretary, Hartlepool Civic Society. For services to Heritage in Hartlepool. (Hartlepool)
- Neil Moffett. For services to the community in Derwentside. (Consett)
- Elizabeth O'Rourke. Chief Administrator, Hartlepool Blind Welfare Association. For services to People with Visual Impairments. (Hartlepool)
- Patrick Partridge. For services to Football. (Bishop Auckland)
- Nancy Margaret Webb. Chairman, Guisborough Branch, Save the Children. For charitable services. (Guisborough)
QUEEN'S POLICE MEDAL
- Michael Barton. Chief Constable Durham Constabulary.
NORTH YORKSHIRE
CBE
- Professor Hilary Mavis Graham. Professor of Health Sciences University of York. For services to Public Health Research. (York)
- Neil Martin McLean. Chair Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. For services to Business and Skills in West Yorkshire. (Harrogate)
- Lesley Batchelor. Director general Institute of Export. For services to Business. (York)
- Jane Clare Grenville. Deputy vice Chancellor and Pro-vice Chancellor for Students University of York. For services to Higher Education. (York)
MBE
- WO Class 2 Paul Andrew Brewer. The Yorkshire Regiment
- Ms Eliza Carthy. Musician. For services to Folk Music. (North Yorkshire)
- John Dawson Cotton. Chairman John Cotton Group. For services to Business in West Yorkshire. (Harrogate)
- WO Class 2 Kenneth Newton Craddock. The Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve.
- Dr Kumarendra Das. Associate Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics Friarage Hospital, North Yorkshire. For services to Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. (Northallerton)
- Anne Hornigold. Chief executive, Whitby and District Fishing Industry Training School. For services to Education in the Sea Fishing Industry. (Whitby)
- Elizabeth Smith. Early Years Teacher, The Forest School, Knaresborough. For services to Education. (York)
BEM
- Ann Mary Clarke. For services to the communities in Grewelthorpe and Ripon. (Ripon)
- Paul Martyn Darley. For services to the community in Knaresborough. (Knaresborough)
- Rose Lord. For charitable services in Harrogate. (Harrogate)
- Dorothy Carolynne Russell. For services to the community in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. (Scarborough)
TYNE & WEAR
KCVO
- Nigel Sherlock, OBE, JP. Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.
DBE
- Nicola Jane Nelson-Taylor. Executive Headteacher, Beech Hill and Walbottle Village Primary Schools, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Education. (Newcastle upon Tyne)
OBE
- Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell. Pro vice-Chancellor for Business and Engagement Northumbria University. For services to Higher Education and the Economy in the North East. (Newcastle upon Tyne)
MBE
- Caroline Lesley Gitsham. Director Gentoo Living. For services to Business in the North-East. (Houghton le Spring)
- Margaret Hall. For voluntary political service and services to the community in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. (Whitley Bay)
- Christopher David Moore. Officer Digital Service, Newcastle upon Tyne, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Taxpayers and Disability Groups. (Wallsend)
- Patricia Anne Young. School Administration and Finance Officer, Atkinson Road Nursery School, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Education. (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
BEM
- Patricia Rosemary Fisher. For services to the community in Tyne and Wear. (Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Brenda Gibson. Volunteer, Women's Cancer Detection Society, Tyne and Wear. For services to People Affected by Breast Cancer. (Blaydon)
- Janis Hall. For charitable services and services to the community in South Shields. (South Shields)
- George Pattison. For charitable services to voluntary organisations in Tyne and Wear. (South Shields)
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