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St Hilda’s alumna and MP for Oxford East, Rt Hon Dame Anneliese Dodds MP named in New Year’s Honours List

2 January 2026

The Right Honourable Dame Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East (the constituency St Hilda’s College is located in) and St Hilda’s alumna, has been named in the New Year’s Honours List.

Dame Anneliese studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and graduated from St Hilda’s in 2001, having been JCR president in her second year.

Labour MP for Oxford East since 2017, Dame Anneliese was Minister for Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister for Women and Equalities at the Department for Education from July 2024 until February 2025.

Do join us in congratulating Dame Anneliese.