The MP for Sherwood, whose constituency includes four Hucknall electoral wards in the Ashfield district, has been made a Knight Bachelor. The Right Honourable Sir Mark Spencer MP, as he will now be known, is amongst six political honours in a brief unexpected honours list published by 10 Downing Street this evening (Thursday).
Spencer, who currently serves as Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has previously served as Chief Whip and Leader of the House of Commons. His knighthood is for “public and parliamentary service.”
Other political honours on today’s list are:
- Harriett Baldwin MP (Con, West Worcestershire)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
For public and parliamentary service - Gregory Campbell MP (DUP, East Londonderry)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For Public and Parliamentary Service - Tracey Crouch CBE MP (Con, Chatham and Aylesford)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
For public and parliamentary service - Philip Davies MP (Con, Shipley)
Knight Bachelor
For public and parliamentary service - Mohamed Mansour (Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party)
Knight Bachelor
For Business, Charity and Political Service
The list included six non-political honours, including husband and wife acting team:
- Matthew Clifford MBE (Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, Adviser to HM Government on Artificial Intelligence)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For Services to Artificial Intelligence - Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA (CEO and co-founder of DeepMind)
Knight Bachelor
For Services to Artificial Intelligence - Ian Hogarth (chair of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For Services to Artificial Intelligence - Emma Thomas Nolan
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
For Services to Film - Christopher Nolan CBE
Knight Bachelor
For Services to Film - Ted Sarandos (Co-Chief Executive Officer of Netflix)
Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Creative Industries
The list included six new members of the Privy Council:
- Lord (Iain) Armstrong
Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland - Lord (John) Beckett
Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland - Stephen Flynn MP
Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons - Vaughan Gething MS
First Minister of Wales (Labour) - Gavin Robinson MP
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party - Owen Thompson MP
Member of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (SNP)
