ONE of Britain’s most successful tennis players, a care campaigner and the chief executive of Somerset Council are among those recognised from Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire in the King’s Birthday Honours list.

Lucy Shuker, from Three Legged Cross in Dorset, who has competed in wheelchair tennis at four Paralympic Games has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to sport.

Care campaigner Paul Kirby, a quality improvement advisor for the Care Quality Commission, has also received the BEM, for services to health and social care.

And Duncan Sharkey, the chief executive of Somerset Council, has been made an OBE for his work on the Queen’s funeral in his former role with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Elsewhere, Nick Varney, former chief executive officer of Merlin Entertainments, has been knighted. Mr Varney lives in Sturminster Newton.

Here is a full list of those to receive awards in the three counties:

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE):
Professor Melanie Joanne WELHAM
Executive chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
For services to Bioscience
(Wiltshire)

Knighthood:
Nicholas John VARNEY
Former chief executive, Merlin Entertainments.
For services to the Visitor Economy
(Sturminster Newton, Dorset)

Nick Varney, former CEO of Merlin Entertainments, has been knighted

CBE:
Major General Nicholas John CAPLIN CB
Chief executive officer, Blind Veterans UK.
For services to Veterans and to the Vision Impaired
(Pewsey, Wiltshire)

Mark David DUCKER OBE
Lately Chief Executive Officer STEP Academy Trust, Thornton Heath, London Borough of Croydon.
For services to Education
(Bath, Somerset)

OBE:
Chantal Louise BRYAN
Founding trustee and campaigner, Teach Us Too.
For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs
(Chippenham, Wiltshire)

Tina Louise EMERY
Co-chair, National Network of Parent Carer Forums.
For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
(Street, Somerset)

Robert Francis FELLOWS
Lately head of education, College of Paramedics.
For services to Paramedic Education
(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Julia Elizabeth NOLAN
Lately deputy director, international climate strategy, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
For services to International Climate Diplomacy
(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Douglas William SCARFE
Chief executive officer, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
For services to the Arts
(Poole, Dorset)

Duncan Clinton SHARKEY
Lately chief executive, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
(Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire)

Michael STRAUGHAN
For services to the British Automotive Industry
(Poole, Dorset)

MBE:
Peter Frank ALLAM
Lately Chief Executive, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
For services to Sailing
(Poole, Dorset)

Claire Joanne BESSANT
Lately chief executive officer, International Cat Care.
For services to Cat Welfare
(Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Claire Bessant of International Cat Care

Marie BOYCE
Customer services manager, Department for Work and Pensions.
For services to Business Transformation
(Poole, Dorset)

Michael BUCKLAND
Lifeboat operations manager and helm, Weston-Super-Mare Lifeboat Station, Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
For services to Maritime Safety
(Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset)

Christopher Robert BURGHES
Trustee, NHS Charities Together.
For services to the NHS
(Bridgwater, Somerset)

Philip Julian CASTANG
Chair, UK Music Education Council.
For services to Music Education
(Bath, Somerset)

Robin Matthew HERRINGSHAW
Head of resilience, National Highways.
For services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
(Portishead, Somerset)

Julie LAWRENCE
Lately director, National Executive Committee and General Secretary of
Office Staff, Labour Party.
For Political Service
(Chippenham, Wiltshire)

Michael Phillip Anthony MCCANN
Head of maintenance operations, House of Commons.
For services to Parliament and to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
(Weymouth, Dorset)

Sally Jane ORANGE
Fundraiser.
For services to Charity and to Mental Health
(Salisbury, Wiltshire)

Richard James SYMONDS
Security Incident Policy and Investigation Team leader, Ministry of
Defence.
For services to Defence
(Wiltshire)

Susan Mary WILKINSON
Lately county co-ordinator, Farm Community Network.
For services to the Farming Community in Somerset
(Wedmore, Somerset)

BEM
Graham Charles CLARKE QPM
President, Frome Collegians Youth Team.
For services to Association Football and to Young People in South West England
(Frome, Somerset)

Sandra Margaret JONES
Badminton coach.
For services to Badminton and to the community in Dorset
(Christchurch, Dorset)

Paul Colin KIRBY
Quality improvement adviser, Care Quality Commission.
For services to Health and Social Care
(Blandford Forum, Dorset)

John Anthony NEWBOULD
For voluntary services to Ecological Surveying and Data Collection
(Weymouth, Dorset)

Christopher Robin RUTT
For services to the community in Kilve, Somerset
(Bridgwater, Somerset)

Lucy Jessica SHUKER
Paralympic wheelchair tennis player.
For services to Sport
(Wimborne, Dorset)

Wheelchair tennis star, Lucy Shuker

David William TARR
For services to Ashton Keynes Primary School and to the community in Ashton
Keynes, Wiltshire
(Swindon, Wiltshire)

Leslie Roy WELLING
For services to the community in Devizes, Wiltshire
(Devizes, Wiltshire)