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==Honours== In 1995, Davey won a [[Royal Humane Society]] bravery award and commendation from the [[Chief constable]] of the [[British Transport Police]] for rescuing a woman who had fallen onto the railway line in the face of an oncoming train at [[Clapham Junction railway station]].<ref name="LibDem-EdwardDavey" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ed-davey-the-night-i-pulled-a-woman-from-the-tracks-as-a-train-hurtled-towards-us-7534767.html |title=Ed Davey: 'The night I pulled a woman from the tracks as a train |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=3 March 2012 |access-date=6 June 2024 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606231928/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ed-davey-the-night-i-pulled-a-woman-from-the-tracks-as-a-train-hurtled-towards-us-7534767.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2001 he was elected a [[Fellow]] of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/third-new-mps-have-arts-and-culture-links|title=A third of new MPs have arts and culture links|date=13 June 2017 |access-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012051/https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/third-new-mps-have-arts-and-culture-links|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sworn in as a member of [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council]] on 8 February 2012, giving him the [[Style (form of address)|honorific prefix]] "[[The Right Honourable]]" for life. Davey was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2016 New Year Honours|2016 New Years Honours List]] for 'political and public service',<ref name="LG301215">{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N2|date=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Year's Honours 2016 list|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489049/NY2016HonoursFullList.pdf|website=GOV.UK|access-date=30 December 2015|date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114132859/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489049/NY2016HonoursFullList.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> enabling [[United Kingdom honours order of wearing|him to wear]] the [[Knight Bachelor]] [[neck decoration]] on [[Military parade|occasion]]s such as [[Remembrance Sunday]].
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