DISTRIBUTION OF TRADE UNIONISTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
We endeavoured in 1893-94 to analyse the membership of all the Trade Unions of which we could obtain particulars, in such a way as to show the number and percentage to population in each part of the United Kingdom. The following table gives the local distribution of 1,507,026 Trade Unionists in 1892. The distribution was, in most cases, made by branches, special estimates being prepared for us in a few instances by the officers of the Unions concerned. With regard to a few Unions having about 4000 members no local distribution could be arrived at.
Table showing the distribution of Trade Union membership in 1892 in each part of the United Kingdom, with the percentage to population in each case.
| County. | Population in 1891. | Ascertained Trade Unionists in 1892. | Number of Trade Unionists per 100 of population. |
| Bedfordshire | 165,999 | 553 | 0·33 |
| Berkshire | 268,357 | 975 | 0·36 |
| Buckinghamshire | 164,442 | 720 | 0·44 |
| Cambridgeshire | 196,269 | 2,855 | 1·45 |
| Cheshire | 707,978 | 32,000 | 4·52 |
| Cornwall | 318,583 | 630 | 0·20 |
| Cumberland | 266,549 | 10,280 | 3·86 |
| Derbyshire | 432,414 | 29,510 | 6·82 |
| Devonshire | 636,225 | 6,030 | 0·95 |
| Dorsetshire | 188,995 | 305 | 0·16 |
| Durham | 1,024,369 | 114,810 | 1·21 |
| Essex (without West Ham, included in London). |
396,057 | 3,370 | 0·85 |
| Gloucestershire | 548,886 | 26,030 | 4·74 |
| Hampshire (without Isle of Wight, treated separately). |
587,578 | 5,665 | 0·96 |
| Herefordshire | 113,346 | 385 | 0·34 |
| Hertfordshire | 215,179 | 1,125 | 0·52 |
| Huntingdonshire | 50,289 | 20 | 0·04 |
| Isle of Wight | 78,672 | 295 | 0·37 |
| Kent (without Bromley, included in London). |
737,044 | 12,445 | 1·69 |
| Lancashire | 3,957,906 | 331,535 | 8·63 |
| Leicestershire | 379,286 | 27,845 | 7·34 |
| Lincoln | 467,281 | 9,480 | 2·03 |
| London (including Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Richmond, West Ham and Middlesex). |
5,517,583 | 194,083 | 3·52 |
| Norfolk | 460,362 | 4,880 | 1·06 |
| Northamptonshire | 308,072 | 12,210 | 3·96 |
| Northumberland | 506,030 | 56,815 | 11·23 |
| Nottinghamshire | 505,311 | 31,050 | 6·14 |
| Oxford | 188,220 | 1,815 | 0·96 |
| Rutland | 22,123 | 0 | 0·00 |
| Shropshire | 254,765 | 3,225 | 1·26 |
| Somerset | 510,076 | 6,595 | 1·29 |
| Staffordshire | 1,103,452 | 49,545 | 4·49 |
| Suffolk | 353,758 | 14,885 | 4·21 |
| Surrey (without Croydon, Kingston, and Richmond, included in London). |
275,638 | 730 | 0·26 |
| Sussex | 554,542 | 2,810 | 0·51 |
| Warwickshire | 801,738 | 33,600 | 4·19 |
| Westmoreland | 66,215 | 530 | 0·80 |
| Wiltshire | 255,119 | 3,680 | 1·44 |
| Worcestershire | 422,530 | 7,840 | 1·86 |
| Yorkshire, East Riding | 318,570 | 23,630 | 7·42 |
| Yorkshire, North Riding (with York City). |
435,897 | 15,215 | 3·49 |
| Yorkshire, West Riding | 2,464,415 | 141,140 | 5·73 |
| Total, England | 27,226,120 | 1,221,141 | 4·49 |
| North Wales | 451,090 | 8,820 | 1·96 |
| South Wales and Monmouth | 1,325,315 | 88,810 | 6·70 |
| Total, Wales and Monmouth | 1,776,405 | 97,630 | 5·50 |
| Total, England and Wales | 29,002,525 | 1,318,771 | 4·55 |
| Scotland | 4,033,103 | 146,925 | 3·64 |
| Ireland | 4,706,162 | 40,045 | 0·85 |
| Isle of Man | 55,598 | 75 | 0·13 |
| Guernsey | 35,339 | 1,170 | 3·31 |
| Jersey | 54,518 | 40 | 0·07 |
| Alderney and Sark | 2,415 | 0 | 0·00 |
| Total, United Kingdom | 37,889,660 | 1,507,026 | 3·98 |