TfN Board
Role
Our Board is the main decision‑making body and is accountable for the organisation.
It brings together the North’s 11 combined authorities to agree pan‑northern transport priorities, approve key plans (including the Strategic Transport Plan and annual Business Plan) and provide statutory advice to government.
Its aim is to unlock sustainable economic growth across the North.
Meetings
- The Board meets quarterly
- View meeting dates and papers
Co-chairs
The co‑chairs run Board meetings, keep discussions focused and make sure clear decisions are agreed.
Members
Each of the North’s 11 combined authorities is represented by an elected member.
Read moreCllr Hans Mundry
Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Mark Fryer
Cumbria Combined Authority
Read moreMayor Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Read moreCllr David Tucker
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Phil Riley
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Read moreMayor Steve Rotheram
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Read moreMayor Kim McGuinness
North East Mayoral Strategic Authority
Read moreMayor Oliver Coppard
South Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Stephen Harker
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Read moreMayor Tracy Brabin
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreMayor David Skaith
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
We work with partners to bring public and private sector expertise into Board discussions.
- Cllr Louise Gittins, Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority
Rail North Authorities
- Cllr Anthony McKeown, East Midland County Combined Authority
- Mayor Andrea Jenkyns, Greater Lincolnshire County Combined Authority
- Cllr Peter Mason, Staffordshire County Council
- Cllr Finlay Gordon-McCusker, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Delivery Partners
- Department for Transport
- HS2
- National Highways
- Network Rail
Business Representatives
- Roy Newton, Cheshire and Warrington
- Isobel Brown, Cumbria
- TBC, Greater Manchester
- TBC, Hull and East Yorkshire
- Mark Rawstron, Lancashire
- TBC, Liverpool
- John McCabe, North East
- Ken Perritt, South Yorkshire
- TBC, Tees Valley
- Mandy Ridyard, West Yorkshire
- Andy Hughes, York and North Yorkshire
Deputy Members attend and act in place of a Board Member when they are unable to make it.
- Cllr Michael Gorman, Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Cllr Jonathan Brook, Cumbria Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Cllr Eamon O'Brien, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, (register of interest)
- Mayor Luke Campbell, Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, (register of interest)
- TBC, Lancashire County Combined Authority
- TBC, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- TBC, North East Combined Authority
- TBC, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
- Cllr Carl Quartermain, Tees Valley Combined Authority
- TBC, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Cllr Peter Kilbane, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority