§ Chairman
- Sir William Mather, OBE, MC, TD, DL. Chairman, Mather & Platt Ltd.; Chairman, Civic Trust for the North West.
§ Members
- Professor G. W. Ashworth. Professor of Urban Environmental Studies, University of Salford; Chairman, Executive Committee, Civic Trust for the North West; President, Royal Town Planning Institute 1973–4.
- J. K. Boynton. Chief Executive, Cheshire CC; Member, Royal Town Planning Institute Council.
- Councillor C. Carr. Chairman, Liverpool DC.
- J. Day. Divisional Officer, USDAW, Manchester Division.
- D. G. Dodds. Chairman, Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board; Deputy Chairman, Merseyside Chamber of Commerce; Director, Development Corporation for Wales.
- Councillor K. Eastham. Manchester City Council.
- *These members retire on 30th September 1974.
- J. F. Eccles. Lancashire Regional Secretary, GMWU; member, TUC General Council.
- B. Entwistle. North West Divisional Officer, NUR; Vice-Chairman, NW Ports Consultative Committee, BTDB.
- D. G. Farrar. Regional Secretary, TGWU, Salford.
- J. Goldberg. Solicitor; Chairman, North West Arts Association; Chairman, Salford Council for Voluntary Service; Chairman, Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Service.
- *Councillor N. C. Goldrein. Solicitor; Member Merseyside Metropolitan County Council.
- C. N. Hague. Director, Welwyn Garments Ltd., Leigh; Immediate Past President, Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
- Councillor J. C. Hanscomb. Leader, Bolton Borough Council.
- Dr. D. A. Harper, JP. Chairman, Storey Bros. & Co. Ltd.; Vice-Chairman, CBI North West Regional Council.
- D. H. Harrington. Organising Secretary, TSSA, Crewe, Branch No. 2.
- Professor R. Kantorowich. Professor and Director, School of Town and Country Planning, University of Manchester.
- J. King, OBE, JP. General Secretary, National Union of Textile & Allied Workers; Joint General Secretary, Amalgamated Textile Workers Union.
- Professor A. Mercer. Professor of Operational Research and Chairman of Centre for NW Regional Studies, University of Lancaster; Managing Director, Lancord Ltd.; Member, Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation.
- J. G. Parkes. Chairman, Unilever Merseyside Committee; Chairman, NW Industrial Development Board; Chairman, Merseyside Chamber of Commerce.
- G. F. Peake. Executive Director, Northern Division, Williams & Glyn's Bank Ltd.
- *Sir Leonard Redshaw. Chairman, Shipbuilding Group, Vickers Ltd., Barrow.
- Miss J. Reid-Arthur. Managing Director, King & Fowler Ltd., Liverpool.
- A. Richardson. Chairman, Taycraig Ltd.; Chairman, Induction Heat Treatment (Manchester) Ltd.; Member, North-West Regional Water Authority.
- Councillor M. B. Ryan. Lancashire CC.
- S. H. Seaton. Editor, Farmer's Guardian.
- Councillor W. H. Sefton. Chairman, Merseyside Metropolitan County Council; Deputy Chairman, Runcorn New Town Development Corporation.
- Councillor T. Taylor, CBE, JP. Leader, Blackburn DC; Chairman of the Court of the University of Lancaster.
- Councillor Sir Robert Thomas, DL, JP. Leader, Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Council; Chairman, AMA Council.
- Councillor Mrs. M. Tomlinson, JP. Burnley DC.
- E. B. Towers. Farmer, Carnforth.
- R. Turton. Chief Executive, Halton DC.
- *These members retire on 30th September 1974.