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Widnes and Halewood

3rd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
31
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,571 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Widnes and Halewood yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
158/543
health
67/543
Bottom 20%
income
162/543
housing
230/543
education
193/543
employment
112/543
environment
364/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

health MODERATE
Rank 67/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
296 health-focused charities, 3308 employees
GP ratio: 1:2571 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime MODERATE
Rank 158/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 162/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
137 income-focused charities, 1680 employees
employment LOW
Rank 112/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
128 employment-focused charities, 2043 employees
education LOW
Rank 193/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
378 education-focused charities, 3730 employees
housing LOW
Rank 230/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
34 housing-focused charities, 936 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

658 registered charities

658
Charities
£10,858,357
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,837
Employees
19,447
Volunteers
27.1%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

ELLEN GREENOE
JOSEPH HOULT'S GIFT
THE LADIES CHARITY (INCLUDING CHARITIES OF ELIZABETH CHORLEY, JANE CHORLEY, FRANCES CHORLEY)
CENTRAL SERVICE CHARITY FUND
THE WOODVIEW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
VAUXHALL NEIGHBOURHOOD CARE LIFELINE LTD
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE TRUST

14 staff
SPEKE/GARSTON YOUNG PERSONS INTERNET DROP-IN CENTRE
THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMENT COTTAGE HOMES CHARITY
FRIENDS OF BRIDGEWATER PARK PTA

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
34
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,571
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 371 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Widnes and Halewood, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 3,650
Social Care 2,750
Education 2,500
Construction 1,900
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 650

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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