Members

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

Photograph	Member	Political party	Constituent Authority
	Councillor Mark Aldred	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Keith Aspden	Liberal Democrats	York
	County Councillor Rob Bailey	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Joe Blackham	Labour	Sheffield City Region
	Councillor Russ Bowden	Labour	Warrington
	Mayor Tracy Brabin	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Craig Browne	Independent	Cheshire East
	Mayor Andy Burnham	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
	Councillor Richard Burton	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Jim Casey	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor Sean Chaytor	Labour	Hull
	Councillor Andrew Cooper	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Councillor Sam Corcoran	Labour	Cheshire East
	Councillor Laura Crane	Labour	Cheshire East
	Councillor Charlotte Cupit	Conservative	Derbyshire
	Councillor Andy D'Agorne	Green Party	York
	Councillor John Davison	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Mayor Jamie Driscoll	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	County Councillor Charles Edwards	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Stephen Fenton	Liberal Democrats	York
	Councillor Rod Fletcher	Labour	Cheshire East
	Councillor Nick Forbes	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Tom Furneaux	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Martin Gannon	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Louise Gittins	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	County Councillor Michael Green	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Kim Groves	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Daren Hale	Labour	Hull
	Councillor Richard Hannigan	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Councillor Paul Haslam	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Councillor David Hasthorpe	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Rosemary Healy	Labour	Nottingham
	Councillor Haroldo Herrera-Richmond	Labour	Hull
	Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe	Labour	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
	Councillor Jim Hobson	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Anne Hook	Liberal Democrats	York
	Mayor Ben Houchen	Conservative	Tees Valley
	Councillor Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrats	Cumbria
	County Councillor Keith Iddon	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Philip Jackson	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Mayor Dan Jarvis	Labour	Sheffield City Region
	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 Mohammed Khan OBE	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor Dean Kirk	Labour	Hull
	Councillor Chris Lamb	Labour	Sheffield City Region
	Councillor Carl Les	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Councillor Keith Little	Labour	Cumbria
	Councillor Don Mackenzie	Conservative	North Yorkshire
	Councillor Carl Marshall	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Chris Matthews	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor John McElroy	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Patrick Mckinley	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Councillor Gary McMaster	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Graeme Miller	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Cathy Mitchell	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Martin Mitchell	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Hans Mundry	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Nathalie Nicholas	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Councillor David O'Hara	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Jonathan Owen	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Steve Parish	Labour	Warrington
	Councillor Bruce Pickard	Labour	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Chris Read	Labour	Sheffield City Region
	County Councillor Aidy Riggott	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Phil Riley	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor Liam Robinson	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	Mayor Steve Rotheram	Labour	Liverpool City Region
	County Councillor Matthew Salter	Conservative	Lancashire
	Councillor Heather Scott	Conservative	Tees Valley
	Councillor Karen Shore	Labour	Cheshire West & Chester
	Councillor James Shorrock	Labour	Blackburn with Darwen
	Councillor David Southward MBE	Labour	Cumbria
	Councillor Mike Stathers	Conservative	East Riding of Yorkshire
	Councillor Paul Stewart	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Stewart Swinburn	Conservative	North East Lincolnshire
	Councillor Simon Tagg	Conservative	Staffordshire
	Councillor Peter Thornton	Liberal Democrats	Cumbria
	Councillor Mark Walsh	Labour	North East Combined Authority
	Councillor Rob Waltham MBE	Conservative	North Lincolnshire
	Councillor Gary Wareing	Labour	Hull
	Councillor Ashley Waters	Independent	Tees Valley
	Councillor Richard Wearmouth	Conservative	North of Tyne Combined Authority
	Councillor Jean Wharmby	Conservative	Derbyshire
	Councillor Lynn Williams	Labour	Blackpool
	Councillor Elsie Wraighte	Labour	Greater Manchester Combined Authority