Topline — 2026-07-24-RH-01 Runcorn and Helsby CATI

362 respondents · Unweighted · 15 questions · generated 2026-09-21 12:02 UTC

Provisional: live fieldwork, 362 interviews so far. Percentages are of each question's valid base (missing/not-asked excluded). Right-hand grey figure = count.

Quota fill from response data

Computed directly from the answers, so it stays correct even when a survey's platform quota counter is broken. ⚠ = platform counter disagrees.

ward

Beechwood & Heath

34/31 ⚠

Bridgewater

30/29 ⚠

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor

20/19 ⚠

Frodsham

29/37 ⚠

Gowy Rural

27/36 ⚠

Grange

32/30 ⚠

Halton Castle

23/25 ⚠

Halton Lea

36/25 ⚠

Helsby

25/21 ⚠

Mersey & Weston

28/31 ⚠

Norton North

34/29 ⚠

Norton South & Preston Brook

29/26 ⚠

Sandstone

15/20 ⚠

agecat

18-24

10/30

25-34

24/52

35-44

47/54

45-54

77/62 ⚠

55-64

83/60 ⚠

65+

121/92 ⚠

sex

Female

197/181 ⚠

Male

165/169 ⚠

sexage

Female 18-24

3/15 ⚠

Female 25-34

14/27 ⚠

Female 35-44

27/28 ⚠

Female 45-54

44/32 ⚠

Female 55-64

45/31 ⚠

Female 65+

64/49 ⚠

Male 18-24

7/15 ⚠

Male 25-34

10/25 ⚠

Male 35-44

20/26 ⚠

Male 45-54

33/30 ⚠

Male 55-64

38/29 ⚠

Male 65+

57/43 ⚠

ward Can I confirm that you live in the [NAME] ward?[If they don't know, ask for postcode, so the ward can be looked up here]

Base: 362

Halton Lea

9.9%

Beechwood & Heath

9.4%

Norton North

9.4%

Grange

8.8%

Bridgewater

8.3%

Frodsham

8.0%

Norton South & Preston Brook

8.0%

Mersey & Weston

7.7%

Gowy Rural

7.5%

Helsby

6.9%

Halton Castle

6.4%

Daresbury, Moore & Sandymoor

5.5%

Sandstone

4.1%

ge24 Thinking back to the last UK General Election, held in July 2024, which party or candidate did you vote for, or did you not vote?

Base: 362

[PROMPT] Labour - Mike Amesbury

28.5%

103

[DO NOT PROMPT] Did not vote

26.5%

[PROMPT] Reform UK - Jason Moorcroft

14.6%

[DO NOT PROMPT] Refused

8.8%

[PROMPT] Conservative - Jade Marsden

8.0%

[DO NOT PROMPT] Can’t remember

6.4%

[PROMPT] Green - Chris Copeman

4.1%

[PROMPT] Liberal Democrats - Chris Rowe

2.8%

[PROMPT] Liberal - Danny Clarke

0.3%

eu16 Thinking back to the EU referendum in 2016, how did you vote in the referendum, or did you not vote?

Base: 362

[PROMPT] Remain

37.8%

137

[PROMPT] Leave

31.5%

114

[DO NOT PROMPT] Did not vote

19.1%

[DO NOT PROMPT] Can’t remember

7.2%

[DO NOT PROMPT] Refused

4.4%

ltv If there were to be a general election, on a scale of 0-10 where 0 means would not vote and 10 means certain to vote, how likely would you be to vote?

Base: 362

10 - Certain to vote

61.0%

221

0 - Would not vote

11.0%

8.6%

5.0%

4.7%

2.8%

2.2%

1.7%

1.4%

0.8%

evi If a general election were held tomorrow and candidates from all political parties were standing in your constituency, for which of the following parties’ candidates would you vote?

Base: 322

The Labour candidate [PROMPT]

30.7%

UNDECIDED [DO NOT PROMPT]

23.9%

The Reform UK candidate [PROMPT]

21.1%

The Conservative candidate [PROMPT]

8.1%

REFUSED [DO NOT PROMPT]

5.9%

The Restore Britain candidate [PROMPT]

4.7%

The Green candidate [PROMPT]

3.1%

The Liberal Democrats candidate [PROMPT]

2.2%

Another party [PROMPT - AND FOLLOW UP, WHICH PARTY?]

0.3%

evi_named If a general election were held tomorrow and candidates from all political parties were standing in your constituency, for which of these candidates would you vote?

Base: 322

[PROMPT] Labour - Karen Shore

29.5%

[DO NOT PROMPT] UNDECIDED

23.3%

[PROMPT] Reform UK - Sarah Pochin

22.7%

[PROMPT] Conservative - Sean Houlston

7.1%

[DO NOT PROMPT] REFUSED

7.1%

[PROMPT] The Restore Britain candidate

4.3%

[PROMPT] Green - Chris Copeman

3.7%

[PROMPT] Liberal Democrats - Paul Duffy

2.2%

evi_undecided Whilst you are undecided, is there a candidate/party that you are leaning towards the most?

Base: 75

[DO NOT PROMPT] Undecided

76.0%

[PROMPT] Labour - Karen Shore

12.0%

[PROMPT] Reform UK - Sarah Pochin

6.7%

[PROMPT] Conservative - Sean Houlston

1.3%

[PROMPT] Green - Chris Copeman

1.3%

[PROMPT] Liberal Democrats - Paul Duffy

1.3%

[PROMPT] The Restore Britain candidate

1.3%

issues_coded_new [Caller to code open text response to top issue]

Base: 362

Other

29.8%

108

Immigration

22.4%

Cost of living and financial hardship

13.0%

None of these/Don’t know

12.7%

Health and social care

8.6%

Jobs and economic growth

6.6%

Housing - affordability and renters rights

2.2%

Transport (buses, trams, trains)

1.4%

Clean air, green spaces

1.4%

Crime and public safety

1.1%

Homelessness and rough sleeping

0.6%

Skills, technical education and employment

0.3%

q1_1 q1 - To what extent do you approve or disapprove of the following figures? Andy Burnham

Base: 362

Strongly approve

22.9%

Neither approve nor disapprove

22.9%

Somewhat approve

21.8%

Don’t know

17.4%

Strongly disapprove

9.9%

Somewhat disapprove

5.0%

q1_2 q1 - To what extent do you approve or disapprove of the following figures? Nigel Farage

Base: 362

Strongly disapprove

41.7%

151

Neither approve nor disapprove

14.1%

Somewhat approve

13.0%

Somewhat disapprove

11.9%

Strongly approve

11.3%

Don’t know

8.0%

q2 To what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with the following statement?“Britain is broken.”

Base: 362

Strongly agree

42.5%

154

Somewhat agree

21.3%

Somewhat disagree

13.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

10.2%

Strongly disagree

9.9%

Don’t know

3.0%

agecat_refused If respondents have refused to give exact age, please take from the dialler.

Base: 11

65-74

27.3%

35-44

18.2%

45-54

18.2%

55-64

18.2%

75+

18.2%

sex Please record sex.

Base: 362

Female

54.4%

197

Male

45.6%

165

education What is your highest level of educational qualifications?

Base: 362

Degree, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, Professional qualifications (e.g. teaching, nursing, accountancy)

34.3%

124

2+ A Levels, 4+ AS Levels, Level 3 NVQ qualification, ONC, OND

15.7%

1-4 O Levels/CSE/GCSEs (any grades), Entry Level / Foundation / Level 1 NVQ qualification

13.0%

No Qualifications

11.9%

5+ O Level Passes/CSEs (Grade 1)/GCSEs (Grades A*-C), 1 A Level/2-3 AS Levels/

8.8%

Other (vocational/Work-related Qualifications)

7.2%

[DO NOT PROMPT] Refused

6.1%

Apprenticeship / Level 2 NVQ qualification

3.0%

emp1 Which of these activities best describes what you are doing at present?

Base: 362

Employed full-time (more than 30 hours plus per week)

36.7%

133

Retired

34.8%

126

Self-employed

9.4%

Employed in part-time job (30 or fewer hours per week)

6.1%

Unable to work due to illness or disability

4.4%

Refused

3.6%

Unemployed and actively seeking employment

2.8%

Unpaid family carer / homemaker

1.9%

Student

0.3%