§ Chairman
- T. Dan Smith, Hon. D.C.L.
§ Members
- G. R. Chetwynd, C.B.E., Deputy Chairman, Land Commission.
- R. A. Cookson, O.B.E., Chairman, Associated Lead Manufacturers Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Alderman A. Cunningham, J.P., Member, Durham County Council.
- D. F. Edwards, O.B.E., Area Secretary Electrical Trades Union; District Secretary, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.
- Sir S. A. Sadler Forster, C.B.E., Chairman, Industrial Estates Corporation for England.
- H. Glaister, J.P., Sales Engineer.
- D. J. Grant, Chairman and Managing Director, Darlington Chemicals Ltd.
- J. W. Harper, C.B.E., Regional Officer National Federation of Building Trades Operatives; Secretary T.U.C. Regional Advisory Committee.
- Professor J. W. House, Professor and Head of Department of Geography, Newcastle University.
- Alderman R. J. L. Jackson, O.B.E., Chairman, North Yorkshire Moors National Park Committee; Chairman, Executive Committee, Yorkshire Travel Association; Alderman, North Riding County Council.
- J. A. Lofthouse, Chairman, Heavy Organic Chemicals Division, I.C.I., Billingham. The Earl of Lonsdale, Landowner and farmer.
- Councillor W. Nunn, Member, Shildon Urban District Council.
- F. M. Osborn, Managing Director, Northern Rock Building Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- B. Pendlington, J.P., District Secretary and Executive Member, National Union of Blast Furnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades.
- Dr. W. Reid, C.B.E., Divisional Chairman, National Coal Board.
- The Rt. Hon. Viscount Ridley, Chairman, Northumberland County Council.
- M. W. Rowe, Area Secretary, National Union of Mineworkers (Cumberland Area). Mrs. Jessie M. Scott-Batey, Housewife. Councillor A. Scott-Cunningham, Member, Tess-side County Borough Council.
- P. F. Scott, Chairman, Provincial Insurance Company Ltd., Kendal.
- Councillor J. W. Spratley, Member, Sunderland County Borough Council.
- Councillor N. G. Trotter, Member, Newcastle City Council.
- B. H. Turpin, Managing Director, James A. Jobling & Co., Ltd., Sunderland.
- C. B. Ward, M.B.E., District Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union. Alderman J. Westoll, Chairman, Cumberland County Council.
- Some further names will be added at a later date.