Midlander of the Year

Midlander of the Year is an annual award, recognising people deemed to have "made an outstanding contribution to the social, sporting, political or cultural life" of the English Midlands.

The original Midlander of the Year award was set up by the local brewers, Mitchells & Butlers in 1969 and sponsored by Bass until 1998.

Lately, it has been awarded by the regional television company, ITV Central, who (as Central Television) re-launched the scheme in April 2001 with their news programmes profiling nominees throughout the year. Viewers vote to determine the sub-regional winners in the Central News West, East and South areas. A panel of judges choose the overall winner from that shortlist as well as selecting nine special category winners.

Previous overall winners include:

The nine special category winners for 2001 were:

The 2001 judging panel comprised Carlton representatives, leaders from industry, education, regional government and community groups, and senior staff from the award's media partners which include the Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post, Burton Daily Mail, Century 106 (East Midlands), Coventry Evening Telegraph, Express & Star (Wolverhampton), Oxford Mail, The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent), Shropshire Star and Worcester Evening News. The panel was chaired by Roger Cadbury, Carlton's regional advisory council chairman.

The judging panel comprised Carlton representatives, leaders from enterprise, education, arts and community groups, and senior staff from the award's media partners, which include the Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post, Coventry Evening Telegraph, Wolverhampton Express & Star, The Stoke Sentinel, Worcester Evening News, Shropshire Star, 100.7 Heart FM and 106 Century FM. The panel was chaired by Mich Stevenson OBE, himself a winner of the Enterprise Midlander of the Year Award in 2001.

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