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 "schema": "counts-resident-voice/1",
 "place": "portsmouth",
 "councilCode": "E06000044",
 "retrieved": "2026-11-10",
 "producedBy": "Reviewed transcription by agent (source text checked against the figure labels and narrative); comparators from scripts/counts/pompey/fetch/comparators.py",
 "consultation": {
  "id": "pcc-budget-consultation-2026-27",
  "title": "What residents asked the council to prioritise",
  "publisher": "Portsmouth City Council (Research and Engagement Team)",
  "survey": "The Big Portsmouth Survey, Wave 7 (budget consultation 2026-27)",
  "fieldwork": "16 August to 14 September 2025",
  "design": "self-selected",
  "designNote": "An open online survey (with paper copies) promoted by the council. People chose to take part, so results describe respondents, not all residents. The council compared respondents' postcode districts with the 2021 Census: PO4 was over-represented by 12 percentage points and PO1 and PO6 under-represented by 7 points each. The report's quoted margin of error assumes a random sample, which this is not.",
  "responses": 1758,
  "base": 1698,
  "question": "Respondents chose up to ten council priority areas, then ranked them. The figure is the share of respondents who placed each priority in their top five.",
  "items": [
   {
    "label": "Making sure people feel safe and supported in their homes and communities",
    "pct": 66,
    "issueIds": [
     "safer-neighbourhoods"
    ],
    "direct": [
     "safer-neighbourhoods"
    ]
   },
   {
    "label": "Regenerating major sites to create homes, jobs and economic opportunities in the city",
    "pct": 45,
    "issueIds": [
     "housing-delivery",
     "poverty-and-work"
    ],
    "direct": []
   },
   {
    "label": "Working to support individuals and families struggling to make ends meet",
    "pct": 35,
    "issueIds": [
     "cost-of-living"
    ],
    "direct": [
     "cost-of-living"
    ]
   },
   {
    "label": "Improving transport systems and journey times in the city and prioritising sustainable travel",
    "pct": 35,
    "issueIds": [
     "air-quality"
    ],
    "direct": []
   },
   {
    "label": "Reducing the council's housing waiting list",
    "pct": 34,
    "issueIds": [
     "housing-delivery"
    ],
    "direct": [
     "housing-delivery"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "otherThemes": [
   "Being people focused and prioritising residents for services and housing",
   "Safety and reducing crime, for example street safety, police presence and deterring anti-social behaviour",
   "Community, culture and leisure",
   "Affordable and protected housing, including regulating HMOs",
   "Improving transport facilities, including parking"
  ],
  "otherThemesNote": "Most frequent themes in open comments (Table 3), in order of popularity; 11% of respondents gave an 'other' answer. Themes are not counted.",
  "document": {
   "title": "Budget & Council Tax 2026/27: Appendix H, Portsmouth City Council Budget Consultation Report 2026-27 (Figure 4)",
   "url": "https://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/documents/s61660/Appendix%20A%20to%20H%2011%20Feb%2026.pdf",
   "meeting": "Full Council, 24 February 2026",
   "bytes": 2481371,
   "retrieved": "2026-11-10"
  },
  "resultsHub": "https://yourcityyoursay.portsmouth.gov.uk/resident-research/"
 },
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  {
   "code": "E07000225",
   "name": "Chichester",
   "reason": "Nearest city (21 km in a straight line).",
   "note": "Nearest city (21 km in a straight line). Figures cover the Chichester District Council area (E07000225), not the built-up city alone. County council services there are run by West Sussex (E10000032)."
  },
  {
   "code": "E06000045",
   "name": "Southampton",
   "reason": "Nearest city (28 km in a straight line) and most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres).",
   "note": "Nearest city (28 km in a straight line) and most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres). Figures cover the Southampton City Council area (E06000045), not the built-up city alone."
  },
  {
   "code": "E07000094",
   "name": "Winchester",
   "reason": "Nearest city (34 km in a straight line).",
   "note": "Nearest city (34 km in a straight line). Figures cover the Winchester City Council area (E07000094), not the built-up city alone. County council services there are run by Hampshire (E10000014)."
  },
  {
   "code": "E07000123",
   "name": "Preston",
   "reason": "Most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres).",
   "note": "Most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres). Figures cover the Preston City Council area (E07000123), not the built-up city alone. County council services there are run by Lancashire (E10000017)."
  },
  {
   "code": "E06000010",
   "name": "Kingston upon Hull",
   "reason": "Most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres).",
   "note": "Most similar city (ONS area classification: Major Urban University Centres). Figures cover the Hull City Council area (E06000010), not the built-up city alone."
  }
 ],
 "comparatorRule": "The three nearest official cities and the three most similar (ONS area classification), each as its own council area, with England."
}