A women’s rights campaigner, a consultant and an Imperial College scientist have all been named on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

Janet Vietch, 55, of Coulsdon, received the award for her tireless campaign to stop violence against women.

Miss Vietch, the vice-chair of the End Violence Against Women Campaign (EVAW) and founder of advisory committee Ministers for Women said: “I’m really pleased, and I think it’s an indication of the fact that this sort of work is recognised and acknowledged in the honours system.

“One in four women still suffer from domestic violence in the U.K. and two women a week are killed by a partner or ex-partner.” She said she was going celebrating the honour with a special lunch with her friends.

Gail Easterbrook, 53, of South Croydon, said that she felt “overwhelmed, delighted, slightly unworthy” at having received the award for services to the auditing profession.

Mrs Easterbrook, who has two step-children, Richard and Peter, worked at the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors for 26 years before leaving in 2009.

She has since set up her own consulting company, Easterbrook Associates, and is contracted to the Institute of Risk Management.

She said: “I just feel that it’s such an enormous honour and quite humbling.”

And David Gentry, from Purley, the former safety manager at the Faculty of Science, Imperial College was named on the list for services to science.