Guess who tops the 50 most influential people in the north

Here they are - your regional big hitters for 2012 according to the Big Issue in the North . Not bad to have the Chancellor and his shadow, deputy PM and leader of the opposition up here. But fascinating that Ed Miliband comes way behind bookie Fred Done and the joint managing director of B&M Bargains. I know one of the judges, Anita Morris the Yorkshire PR empress, and she ought to be in the list herself, rather than compiling it, worthy though that role is. So. Set to. Comments please on who you'd add or subtract. And make sure you buy an Issue from your local seller. Find out more too on www.bigissueinthenorth.com It's loads better than the southern one. 1. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer 2. John Whittaker, Chairman, Peel Group (knocked off top spot last year) 3. Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister 4. Peter Salmon, Director, BBC North 5. Sir Howard Bernstein, Manchester City Council Chief Executive 6. Peter Marks, Chief Executive, Co-Operative Group 7. Sir Richard Leese, Manchester City Council 8. Julia Unwin, Joseph Rowntree Foundation Chief Executive 9. Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor 10. Frank Field, Birkenhead MP 11. Dr John Senatmu, Archbishop of York 12. Mike Oglesby, Executive Chairman of Bruntwood 13. Emma Harrison, Founder A4E 14. Sir Ian Wrigglesworth, Deputy Chair, Regional Growth Fund 15. Dalton Philips, Morrison's CEO 16. Heidi Mottram, CEO Northumbrian Water Group 17. Tom Riordan, Leeds City Council Chief Executive 18. Martin Ainscough, Property Developer 19. Jessica Ennis, UK Athletics 20. Michael Arthur, Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds and Chair, Russell Group 21. Sir Alex Ferguson, Manager, Manchester United 22. William Hague, Foreign Secretary 23. Amir Khan, Boxer 24. Fred Done, Bookmaker 25. Simon Arora, Joint Managing Director, B&M Bargains 26. Caroline Shaw, Chief Executive, Christie NHS Foundation Trust 27. Trevor Mann, Senior Vice President, Nissan Europe 28. Graham Honeyman, Sheffield Forgemasters saviour 29. Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate 30. Peter Fahy, Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police 31. Peter Kay, Comedian 32. James Newman, Yorkshire Business Leader 33. Brian Cantor, Vice Chancellor, York University 34. Ed Milliband, Leader of the opposition 35. Joe Anderson, Leader of Liverpool City Council 36. Dame Nancy Rothwell, Vice-Chancellor, Manchester University 37. Chris Pilling, New Yorkshire Building Society Chief 38.Ken McKeikan Chief Executive Greggs 39. Alistair Brownlee, Athlete 40. Khalid Saifullah, Asian business entrepreneur 41. Mark Henderson, Chief Executive, Newcastle Homes Group 42. Nick Forbes, Newcastle City Council Leader 43. Graham Botham, Network Rail Manager 44. Lord Shipley, North East Lib Dem Peer 45. Matt Riley, Lancashire Entrepreneur 46. Paul Abbott, TV writer/Producer 47. Dame Jenni Murray, Broadcaster 48. Lord Kirkham, Conservative Peer 49. Sir Michael Bibby, Liverpool Shipping and finance MD 50. Lord Haskins, Chair, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership