§ Chairman
- C. L. G. Baker, CBE. President, George Angus & Co. Ltd.
§ Members
- G. Arnold, JP. Divisional organiser, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
- I. G. Bonas. Managing Director, Bonas Machine Co. Ltd.; Member, CBI Northern Regional Council.
- Councillor J. D. S. Brown. Sunderland DC; solicitor.
- Councillor R. Brunger, JP. Langborough DC; research metallurgist.
- E. S. Bulmer. Manager, Lakeland Area, North-West Electricity Board.
- Councillor M. Campbell. Leader, Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County Council; trade union officer.
- G. R. Chetwynd, CBE. Board member: British Steel Corporation, British Airways Corporation and Northern Industrial Development Board.
- A. W. Dickinson. Works Manager, Pirelli Ltd., Carlisle.
- D. F. Edwards, OBE. Area Secretary, Electronics and Telecommunication Union and Plumbing Trades Union; District Secretary, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.
- Councillor J. Graham. Durham CC; Transport operator.
- D. J. Grant. Chairman and Managing Director, Darlington Chemicals Ltd.; Chairman' CBI Northern Regional Council.
- J. W. Harper, CBE. Regional Secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians; Secretary, TUC Regional Advisory Committee.
- Professor G. R. Higginson. Head of Department of Engineering Science, University of Durham.
- Professor J. W. House. Department of Geography, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- *Col. R. J. L. Jackson, CBE, DL, JP. North Yorkshire CC; Chairman, North Yorkshire Moors National Parks Committee.
- Councillor J. L. Johnston. Copeland DC; analyst in the British Steel Corporation.
- Dr. P. L. Kirby. Director, Wellwyn Electrical Ltd.
- J. Mason. Bank of England Agent, Newcastle.
- F. M. Osborn, CBE. Managing Director, Northern Rock Building Society.
- Councillor D. S. Peat. Teesdale DC; farmer.
- Dr. P. W. Reynolds. Deputy Chairman, ICI Agricultural Division.
- Councillor The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Ridley, TD, DL. Chairman, Northumberland CC; farmer.
- M. W. Rowe. Cumberland Area Secretary, National Union of Mineworkers.
- Councillor Mrs. J. M. Scott-Batey. Housewife; Newcastle DC.
- Councillor A. Scott-Cunningham. Cleveland CC; Property developer.
- Councillor W. M. Wannop, JP. Cumbria CC; Farmer; Director of the West Cumberland Farmer Trading Society Ltd.
- C. B. Ward, MBE. Teesside District Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union.