Andy McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2016-04-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members are of (a) Rail North and (b) the Rail North Board; and how those members are appointed.
Andrew Jones
Members of Rail North:
- Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West & Chester Council
- City of York Council
- Cumbria County Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Hull City Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral)
- Middlesbrough Council
- North East Combined Authority (Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland)
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- North Yorkshire County Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- Sheffield City Region Combined Authority (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)
- Staffordshire County Council
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Warrington Borough Council
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Rail North Ltd Board Directors are:
- Bill Dixon (Tees Valley)
- Chris Metcalf (North Yorkshire)
- David Brown (Cheshire and the Potteries)
- Dean Collins (East Midlands)
- John Fillis (Lancashire and Cumbria)
- Julie Dore (Sheffield City Region Combined Authority)
- Keith Wakefield (West Yorkshire Combined Authority)
- Liam Robinson (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority)
- Liz Redfern (Humber Authorities)
- Nick Forbes (North East Combined Authority)
- Richard Leese (Greater Manchester Combined Authority)
Any Local transport Authority in the North of England area covered by Northern and TransPennine franchises is entitled to be a member of Rail North.
Rail North Board Directors are appointed by the constituent authorities of the sub-areas they represent.
Note that Tees Valley Authorities have recently formed a Combined Authority and will, on formal notification, be represented through that single body in the future.
