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Straight answer 160 mines were closed under Thatcher’s time in office (1979–1990) Approx 11 years
290 were closed under Harold Wilson’s premierships alone (1965–1969 1974–1975) Approx 10 years
The more important detail is the number of deep pits closed, disregarding small mines, sometimes privately owned
Labour in total closed 371 deep pits.
Clement Atlee closed 101 in the early days after nationalisation
Harold Wilson closed 235 between 1964 and 1970 and 18 in the years after the miners strike during Heath’s term in office
James Callaghan continued the policy of supporting the NUM by closing jus...
(more)Loading…The official figures indicate that of the 3,000 mines closed in the last century, and 1.1 million workers made redundant, 169 pits (5.6%), and 0.1 million miners (9%) were scrapped under her 11 year premiership (11%), so relatively kind to the industry, and well below 700+ Closed by Labour ministers for Coal:
Year Tonnes Miners Total Opencast
(M) (K) Mines Mines
1913 292 1,107 3,024
1920 233 1,191 2,571
1938 231 776 1,860
1947 200 707 1,667 125 (Attlee 1945-51 - ~230 mines)
1952 238 712 1,426 92
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(Continue Reading)You have bee given many answers by others but I suspect that there are a couple of issues that lie behind the question. To start with Mrs Thatcher was unlikely to have closed more that Labour simply because over the years most of the mines had already been closed when she came to power. Mrs Thatcher is criticised at very opportunity just because she was PM of a Conservative government. I don't intend to discus the political problems caused by Mr Scargill and the misuse of power by the trade unions here but stick to some of the reasons regarding the demise of the coal industry and why. For m...
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