Accredited official statistics

Trade union statistics 2022

Provides information on trade union membership among employees in the UK estimated from the Labour Force Survey over the period 1995 to 2022.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 24 May 2023
• Last updated: 24 May 2023
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  1. 24 May 2023

     The text has been amended to correct a number of textual errors, one mis-calculation on historic data and a misreported number.

  2. 24 May 2023

     First published.

Documents

Trade Union Membership UK 1995 - 2022 Statistical Bulletin

PDF, 664 KB, 39 pages

Trade Union Membership Statistics Tables 2022

ODS, 211 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Trade Union Membership Statistics 2022 Confidence intervals

ODS, 26.2 KB

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Details

The trade union membership 2022 report uses the Labour Force Survey to provide an estimate of the levels and density of trade union membership for all UK workers. It also covers union presence and collective bargaining.

Estimates are presented by:

• gender
• sector
• age
• industry
• region
• occupation