§ Chairman
- Sir Roger Stevens, G.C.M.G., Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University.
§ Members
- W. Auty, M.B.E., J.P., Managing Secretary, Scunthorpe Co-operative Society.
- Councillor S. E. Brearley, J.P., Member, York County Borough Council.
- A. K. Dytch, Assistant General Manager, British Railways, North East Region.
- Alderman J. H. Franklin, O.B.E., Alderman, Grimsby Town Council.
- B. C. Gillinson, J.P., Chairman and Managing Director, Gillinson, Dewhirst and Co. Ltd., Leeds.
- E. Hayhurst, J.P., Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union for Yorks and Midlands Region.
- Lt.-Col. G. G. Haythornthwaite, T.D., Member of Peak Park Planning Board.
- A. R. Hogg, Divisional Organiser, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.
- Councillor L. Hulme, Member, Brighouse Borough Council.
- J. Kagan, Chairman and Managing Director, Kagan Textiles Ltd., Elland.
- Sir Bernard Kenyon, Clerk of West Riding County Council.
- Councillor J. C. Kilner, Member, Holmfirth Urban District Council.
- Alderman A. King, O.B.E., J.P., Divisional Organiser, Amalgamated Engineering Union.
- J. A. Lacey, Chief Docks Manager, Hull.
- W. E. Lane, Clerk of Lindsey County Council.
- J. T. Leigh, Area Vice-President, National Union of Mineworkers.
- Ford Longman, Member, Yorks Council of Social Services.
- Councillor F. B. Lydall, M.B.E., J.P, Chairman and Managing Director, Yorkshire Electric Transformer Co. Ltd.; Member, Mirfield U.D.C.
- E. D. Nicholson, Managing Director, Ideal-Standard Ltd., Hull.
- Professor J. K. Page, Professor of Building Science, Sheffield University.
- I. S. Porter, Director, Wilson and Long-bottom Ltd., Barnsley.
- W. H. Sales, Formerly Chairman, National Coal Board, Yorkshire Division.
- E. T. Sara, Deputy General Sales Manager, United Steel Co. Ltd., Sheffield.
- W. David Sharp, Managing Director, Critchley, Sharp and Tetlow Ltd., Cleckheaton.
- Dr. E. M. Sigsworth, Member, Department of Economics, York University.
- Alderman Mrs. J. Smith, J.P., Alderman and Vice-Chairman, West Riding County Council.
- Alderman J. W. Sterland, O.B.E., J.P., Alderman Sheffield County Borough Council, Chairman of Town Planning Committee.
- The Hon. D. M. G. J. Willoughby, M.C., J.P., Director, Birdsall Estates Ltd.
- A further name will be added at a later date.