Not exact matches
Trade union membership levels have been in
decline over the last 30 years and are now at their lowest levels since the outbreak of the Second World War.
The social base of the labour movement, notably
trade union membership, has suffered a marked
decline.
However,
trade union membership has also been in steep
decline since the 1980s and it is, of course, far from clear that all
trade union members also support the Labour Party.
These kinds of shenanigans are by no means unknown in north east Labour politics, but have been somewhat less common with the
decline of
trade unions and the massive
decline in active individual
membership.