In 2017, Gill was one of two UK winners (the other being Conservative MP Priti Patel) of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest honour given to NRIs by the Indian government. In the same year, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours. In July 2018, Gill became an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University. She was re-elected in the 2019 European parliamentary election as the sole Labour MEP for the West Midlands. Gill remained a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In September 2019, Gill joined the delegation for relations with Japan as Chair and the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly as Vice-Chair and S&D Co-ordinator. Personal life She married Dr. John Towner, an environmental consultant, in 1982 and they have one son. They divorced in 2009. References External links Profile at European Parliament website 1956 births Living people Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University Alumni of London Business School Labour Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2014–2019 MEPs for England 2019–2020 20th-century women MEPs for England 21st-century women MEPs for England British politicians of Indian descent Politicians from Ludhiana Indian emigrants to England Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English people of Punjabi descent Punjabi people Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman