Current president of the Chief Executives' Society, Byron Davies, has been made an OBE in the New Year's Honours list, one of a crop of senior local government figures to be recognised. Mr Davies, president of SOLACE, is also chief executive of Cardiff CC, and there were also OBEs for Nina Dawes, Lichfield DC's chief executive; Wirral's chief, Stephen Maddox; and Rob Sykes, retiring chief at Worcestershire CC. South Tyneside chief executive, Irene Lucas, was made a CBE, as was Kent CC's director of children's services, Graham Badman; while Kettering chief David Cook was made an MBE. Among local politicians, Hackney LBC's rehabilitation is confirmed with an OBE for its directly-elected mayor, Jules Pipe, while there were OBEs for East Riding leader, Stephen Parnaby, and Derbyshire member, Dave Wilcox, chair of the Local Government Information Unit. And Westminster City's assistant chief executive, John Barradell, was made an OBE for his work with the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, where he was appointed as chief officer. One of the council's road sweepers, Edward Wilson who retired last summer after 33 years was made an MBE.
