Original sentence: In 1992 Lavery stood for the National Executive Committee of the NUM.Under his leadership membership of the union fell from over 200,000 to just 1,855 members in 2011
Edited sentence: Despite the grief and troubles the strikes would leave on the country, Lavery also witness the power of the collective and trade unionism, as well as experiencing just how coalfield communities pulled together as one, in the face of adversity.His own personal experience of witnessing first hand of manipulative power being in the wrong hands.In 1992, a list of thirty-one pits due for closure was announced, which prompted members to persuade Lavery to stand for the National Executive Committee of the NUM.Lavery believes it was the Miners' Strike that politicized him and led him towards his future career in politics.Under his leadership membership of the union fell dramatically from over 200,000 to just 1,855 members in 2011