Manufacturing jobs in the UK have been in decline

Provisional estimates of manufacturing jobs by local area districts

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Thousands

5

15

25

35

45

1981

2018

Guardian graphic. Source: Robert Calvert Jump, Institute of Political Economy University of Greenwich. Note: data for 24 local authority districts is combined in 11 artificial areas because of boundary changes