Our Board

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Transport for the North Board members at a meeting in Leeds

Transport for the North Board

Our Board is made up of a mix of representatives from the public and private sectors, Rail North authorities from outside of the Transport for the North area and our delivery partners, with Mayor David Skaith and Councillor Louise Gittins serving as co-chairs on an interim basis. 

Each of the 11 Constituent Authorities appoints one of its elected Members to be a Member of 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 co-Chairs or the elected Member with responsibility for transport.

Co-Chairs | Mayor David Skaith and Cllr Louise Gittins

Mayor David Skaith and Councillor Louise Gittins are serving as co-chairs on an interim basis until TfN’s Annual General Meeting, expected to be in June. 

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Transport for the North board meeting

Our Meetings

All meetings of the Transport for the North Board, its Committees and Sub Committees shall be open to the public (including the press) except to the extent that they are excluded whether during the whole or part of the proceedings.

Dates of all upcoming Transport for the North Board, Committees, and Sub-Committee meetings are listed on our Calendar page.

Transport for the North meetings

Transport for the North Board members

Hans Mundry,
Leader of Warrington Council,
Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Mark Fryer,
Joint Leader of Cumbria Combined Authority
Cumbria Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Luke Campbell,
Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire,
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Register of Interest

Andy Burnham,
Mayor of Greater Manchester,
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Phil Riley,
Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Register of Interest

Steve Rotheram,
Mayor of Liverpool,
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Kim McGuinness,
Mayor of the North East,
North East Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Oliver Coppard,
Mayor of South Yorkshire,
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Stephen Harker,
Leader of Darlington Borough Council,
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Tracy Brabin,
Mayor of West Yorkshire,
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Register of Interest

David Skaith,
Mayor of York and North Yorkshire,
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Register of Interest

Louise Gittins (co-opted),
Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council,
Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority
Register of Interest

 

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Former Rail North Authorities | Strategic Rail

Andrea Jenkyns,
Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire
Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority

Ingrid Sheard
Deputy Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire
Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority                         

Anthony Mckeown
Leader of High Peak Borough Council
East Midlands Combined County

Mick Barton
Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council
East Midlands Combined County

Peter Mason 
Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways
Staffordshire County Council

Patrick Allen
Cabinet Support Member for Highways (Operations North)
Staffordshire County Council

Finlay Gordon-McCusker
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment and Enforcement
Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Waseem Akbar
Cabinet Support Member for Improvement and Highways
Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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Business Representation

Cheshire and Warrington
Primary Representative – Roy Newton Transport and Investment Director

Cumbria
Primary Representative – Isobel Brown

Greater Manchester
Primary Representative –

Hull and East Yorkshire
Primary Representative – James Newman, Chair HEY LEP
Deputy Representative – Stephen Parnaby OBE, Interim Chair

Lancashire
Primary Representative – Mark Rawstron, Board member Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership

West Yorkshire
Primary Representative – Mandy Ridyard
Deputy Representative – Natalie Sykes 

Liverpool City Region
Primary Representative –

North East
Primary Representative – John McCabe

York and North Yorkshire
Primary Representative – Andy Hughes

South Yorkshire 
Primary Representative – Ken Perrit

Tees Valley
Primary Representative –

All representatives

Delivery Partners

John Hall, Department for Transport
Director, Regions and Cities

Nick Harris, National Highways
Chief Executive of National Highways
Register of Interest

Rob McIntosh, Network Rail
Managing Director, Eastern region
Register of Interest

Tim Smart, HS2 Ltd
Chief Financial Officer of HS2 Ltd
Register of Interest

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