Members by Party

Each of the 20 Constituent Authorities appoints one of its elected Members to the Transport for the North Board.

The Member appointed must be in the case of a Constituent Authority that has an elected Mayor, the Mayor or the elected Member with responsibility for transport and in any other case the Leader, the Chair or the elected Member with responsibility for transport.

The Audit and Governance Committee is comprised of five members of the Transport for the North Board (not the Chair, or Vice Chair) appointed by the Transport for the North Board; and three Independent members (to be recruited on the basis of relevant skills). A representative of Department for Transport will be invited to attend meetings.

Each of the Constituent Authorities is entitled to appoint one Member and one Substitute Member to the Scrutiny Committee.

The Rail North Committee is consists of one Member and one Substitute Member appointed by each of the Regional Groups set out in paragraph 21.5 of our constitution.

To find Members please use the links below:

Member by Party

Photograph	Member	Political party	Constituent Authority
	Councillor Joe Blackham	Labour	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
	Councillor Russ Bowden	Labour	Warrington
	Mayor Tracy Brabin	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Neal Brookes	Labour	Blackpool
	Mayor Andy Burnham	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Peter Carlill	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Jim Casey	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor Kate Cernik	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Councillor Andrew Cooper	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Mayor Oliver Coppard	Labour	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
	Councillor Laura Crane	Labour	Cheshire East
	Councillor Tracey Dixon	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Mayor Jamie Driscoll	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Rod Fletcher	Labour	Cheshire East
	Councillor Robert Frost	Labour	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
	Councillor Martin Gannon	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Ernest Gibson	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Louise Gittins	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Carl Johnson	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Roger Jones	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Manisha Kaushik	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Nick Kemp	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Chris Lamb	Labour	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
	Councillor Keith Little	Labour	Cumbria
	Councillor Quesir Mahmood	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor Joanne Marshall	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Graeme Miller	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Hans Mundry	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Damian O'Connor	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Councillor David O'Hara	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Eamonn O’Brien	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Steve Parish	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Shuguftah Quddoos	Labour	Nottingham
	Councillor Chris Read	Labour	South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
	Councillor Phil Riley Board Member	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Mayor Steve Rotheram	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Councillor Tommy Rowe	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Councillor Karen Shore	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Councillor James Shorrock	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor David Southward MBE	Labour	Cumbria
	Nathan Sudworth	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Lynn Williams	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Audra Wynter	Labour	Nottingham
	County Councillor Rob Bailey	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Abi Brown	Conservative	Stoke-On-Trent
	Councillor Charlotte Cupit	Conservative	Derbyshire
	Councillor John Davison	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Councillor Hayden Dawkins	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Keane Duncan	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Cllr Jonathan Dulston	Conservative	Tees Valley
	Councillor Oliver Freeston	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Leo Hammond	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Richard Hannigan	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Councillor Paul Haslam	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Councillor Claire Holmes	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Mayor Ben Houchen	Conservative	Tees Valley
	Councillor Daniel Jellyman	Conservative	Stoke-On-Trent
	Councillor Carl Les	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Councillor Chris Matthews	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor John Ogle	Conservative	Nottinghamshire
	Councillor Jonathan Owen	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Clio Perraton-Williams	Conservative	Lincolnshire
	County Councillor Matthew Salter Scrutiny Member	Conservative	Lancashire
	County Councillor Scott Smith	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Tom Smith	Conservative	Lincolnshire
	County Councillor Rupert Swarbrick	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Stewart Swinburn	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Simon Tagg	Conservative	Staffordshire
	Councillor Rob Waltham MBE	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Councillor Richard Wearmouth	Conservative	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Jean Wharmby	Conservative	Derbyshire
	Councillor David Williams	Conservative	Staffordshire
	Councillor Keith Aspden	Liberal Democrats	York
	Councillor Holly Burton	Liberal Democrats	Hull
	Councillor Stephen Fenton	Liberal Democrats	York
	Councillor Rhys Furley	Liberal Democrats	Hull
	Councillor Anne Hook	Liberal Democrats	York
	Councillor Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrats	Cumbria
	Councillor Mark Ieronimo	Liberal Democrats	Hull
	Councillor Mike Ross	Liberal Democrats	Hull
	Councillor Peter Thornton	Liberal Democrats	Cumbria
	Councillor Jonathan Brook		Westmorland and Furness
	Councillor Steve Foulkes
	Lord McLoughlin
	Councillor Denise Rollo		Cumberland
	Councillor Andy D'Agorne	Green Party	York
	Councillor Craig Browne	Independent	Cheshire East