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Mary Reid

More Lib Dems awarded New Year Honours

By Mary Reid | Wed 31st December 2025 - 12:45 pm

Yesterday we congratulated four Liberal Democrat members who had been given honours in the New Year list. Thanks to Mark Pack we can now add two further names.

John Housley has been awarded the British Empire Medal in this year’s New Year Honours List, in recognition of his services to the community in Chapeltown. He has served as Chairman of Ecclesfield Parish Council on three separate occasions over a long period of service as a councillor.

David Lerner, an active member of Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel, has also been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the Jewish community in the London Borough of Harrow.

Congratulations to both of them along with thanks for all they do for their communities.

Do let us know if we have missed any others.

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