§ Chairman
- Councillor W. H. Sefton—Member, Merseyside County Council; Chairman, Runcorn New Town Development Corporation; Member, New Towns Commission.
§ Deputy Chairman
- Dr. D. A. Harper JP CBE—Chairman, Storey Brothers &Co. Ltd., Lancaster; Member, North West Regional Council CBI; Member, North West Regional Board, NEB.
§ Members
- W. H. Alldritt JP—Regional Secretary (Liverpool, National Union of General and Municipal Workers; Member, North West Indus trial Development Board.
- Professor G. W. Ashworth—Professor of Urban Environmental Studies, University of Salford; Chairman, Executive Committee, Civic Trust for the North West.
- C. M. Barnett—Secretary, North West Regional Council of TUC; North West Divisional Officer, National Union of Public Employees; Member, North West Industrial Development Board.
- R. Byrom—Controller, Retail and Services Division, Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited.
- R. B. de Zouche—Vice-Chairman, Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Member, North West Industrial Development Board; Member, Clothing Industry Advisory Board.
- D. G. Dodds—Chairman, Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Director, Development Corporation of Wales; Member,
355 Merseyside Development Committee; Member, Welsh Regional Council CBI. - Councillor K. Eastham—Deputy Leader, Manchester City Council.
- J. F. Eccles—Regional Secretary (Lancashire), National Union of General and Municipal Workers; Member, General Council TUC.
- B. Entwistle—North West Divisional Officer, NUR; Vice Chairman, North West Ports Consultative Committee, British Transport Docks Board; Member, Chartered Institute of Transport.
- G. Farrar—Chairman North West Regional Council of TUC; Regional Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union; Member North West Regional Board NEB; Member North West Industrial Development Board.
- Councillor R. A. Fieldhouse—Leader, Greater Manchester Council.
- I. Fuchs—Chairman and Managing Director, Clough Mill Limited, Oldham.
- J. Goldberg—Chairman, Salford Council for Voluntary Service; Chairman, Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Service; Vice-President, North West Arts Association Member, Council of the University of Salford.
- G. N. Hague—Managing Director Welwyn (Garments) Ltd.; Member North West Industrial Development Board; Member, Court of the University of Manchester; Member, Court of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
- Councillor J. D. Hamilton—Leader, Liverpool City Council.
- Councillor J. C. Hanscomb—Leader, Bolton Borough Council.
- D. H. Harrington—Organising Secretary (Crewe), Transport Salaried Staffs' Association.
- F. G. Humphreys—District Organiser (Preston), National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.
- Professor R. H. Kantorowich—Professor and Director of School of Town and Country Planning, University of Manchester.
- Mrs. A. W. Mack—Managing Director, Watters Westbrook Co. Ltd., Stockport; Member, Hallmarking Council.
- Professor A. Mercer—Professor of Operational Research, University of Lancaster; Managing Director, Lancord Ltd.; Member, Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation; Chairman, Centre North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster.
- C. B. Muir—Vice Chairman, North West Regional Council for Sport and Recreation; Director, Manchester City Football Club.
- J. G. Parkes CBE—Past Chairman, North West Industrial Development Board.
- Councillor A. Richardson—Member, Cheshire County Council, Member, North West Water Authority.
- R. N. Swarbrick—Farmer; President, Lancashire Branch, Country Landowners Association.
- T. Taylor CBE, JP—Member, Court of the University of Lancaster.
- Sir Robert Thomas DL JP—Alderman, Greater Manchester Council.
- Councillor G. M. Thornton—Member, Wirral Borough Council.
- Councillor Mrs. M. Tomlinson JP—Member, Burnley Borough Council.
- R. Turton—Chief Executive, Halton Borough Council.
- Councillor D. Walker JP—Member, Rochdale Borough Council.
- L. C. Young—Chairman, J. Bibby &Sons Ltd.; Chairman, North West Regional Council CBI Member; North West Industrial Development Board.