Manufacturing jobs lost in East Mids
More than 50,000 jobs have been lost in manufacturing since 2006/07, according to trade union GMB.
The number of workers employed in the sector has fallen by 55,600 from 361,300 between July 2006 and June 2007 to 305,700 in 2010/11.
Northamptonshire is ranked eighth in the local council area table for the number of losses during the recession with a 15,900 drop to 49,200.
In the UK as a whole, the downturn has cost 706,300 manufacturing jobs – an average of 3,398 jobs per week. The latest figure shows UK employment in the sector of 2.8m in 2010/11.
The figures are from a new GMB study of official data released by the Office of National Statistics.
GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said: "Unless action is taken to support and develop manufacturing the economic future for this nation is bleak. Only the British state has enough strength and power to halt and reverse the decline."
Derbyshire also featured in the table with 10,100 jobs lost over the period.
