Band B Council Tax 2026/27 — Every UK Council, Ranked

What Band B council tax costs in 2026/27 across all 350 UK billing authorities, ranked highest to lowest. Each figure is derived from the council's official Band D charge using the statutory band proportions.

Band B, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band B council tax for 2026/27 is £1,818. The highest is £2,151 (Dorset) and the lowest £800 (Wandsworth). Band B is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government, gov.scot official releases (OGL v3.0); rates last verified 4 July 2026.

This ranks the Band B charge in each council — it doesn't tell you which band a home is in. A specific property's band is on the official register only: check the exact band free on the VOA register → (England & Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland).

Highest Band B, 2026/27

1. Dorset£2,151
2. Lewes£2,144
3. Nottingham£2,143
4. Rutland£2,129
5. Wealden£2,122
6. Gateshead£2,112
7. Bristol£2,111
8. West Devon£2,104
9. Rother£2,101
10. Newark and Sherwood£2,086

Lowest Band B, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£800
2. Westminster£816
3. City of London£1,034
4. South Lanarkshire£1,142
5. Shetland Islands£1,157
6. Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,171
7. Hammersmith and Fulham£1,182
8. North Lanarkshire£1,209
9. Fife£1,224
10. Dumfries & Galloway£1,228

Band B council tax, every UK council ranked

Highest to lowest, 2026/27. Monthly is the annual charge divided by 12.

#	Council	Nation	Band B annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£2,151	£179.21
2	Lewes	England	£2,144	£178.64
3	Nottingham	England	£2,143	£178.59
4	Rutland	England	£2,129	£177.44
5	Wealden	England	£2,122	£176.84
6	Gateshead	England	£2,112	£176.02
7	Bristol	England	£2,111	£175.89
8	West Devon	England	£2,104	£175.35
9	Rother	England	£2,101	£175.06
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£2,086	£173.84
11	Oxford	England	£2,083	£173.60
12	Hastings	England	£2,082	£173.48
13	Liverpool	England	£2,079	£173.29
14	Mid Devon	England	£2,066	£172.17
15	Eastbourne	England	£2,064	£172.04
16	Bassetlaw	England	£2,057	£171.43
17	Rushcliffe	England	£2,056	£171.32
18	Teignbridge	England	£2,056	£171.31
19	North Devon	England	£2,055	£171.25
20	Pendle	England	£2,053	£171.12
21	Walsall	England	£2,044	£170.30
22	Isle of Wight	England	£2,042	£170.19
23	Durham	England	£2,039	£169.95
24	Stockport	England	£2,037	£169.74
25	Broxtowe	England	£2,036	£169.70
26	South Hams	England	£2,034	£169.51
27	Reading	England	£2,032	£169.35
28	Gedling	England	£2,030	£169.14
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£2,029	£169.11
30	Ashfield	England	£2,029	£169.09
31	Waverley	England	£2,026	£168.83
32	Oldham	England	£2,024	£168.66
33	Torridge	England	£2,023	£168.61
34	Rochdale	England	£2,023	£168.57
35	Mansfield	England	£2,023	£168.54
36	Croydon	England	£2,022	£168.51
37	Woking	England	£2,021	£168.39
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£2,020	£168.36
39	Northumberland	England	£2,020	£168.32
40	East Devon	England	£2,019	£168.22
41	Tandridge	England	£2,018	£168.18
42	Salford	England	£2,018	£168.16
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£2,017	£168.10
44	Cornwall	England	£2,015	£167.93
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£2,014	£167.86
46	Surrey Heath	England	£2,011	£167.56
47	Sefton	England	£2,009	£167.43
48	Cherwell	England	£2,009	£167.41
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£2,007	£167.26
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£2,005	£167.06
51	Preston	England	£2,003	£166.95
52	Herefordshire	England	£2,002	£166.86
53	Wiltshire	England	£2,000	£166.69
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£1,997	£166.38
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£1,996	£166.35
56	Somerset	England	£1,992	£165.96
57	Hartlepool	England	£1,991	£165.94
58	Bolsover	England	£1,991	£165.89
59	Elmbridge	England	£1,989	£165.78
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£1,988	£165.69
61	Bury	England	£1,987	£165.61
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£1,984	£165.32
63	Burnley	England	£1,983	£165.24
64	Middlesbrough	England	£1,983	£165.22
65	Adur	England	£1,982	£165.17
66	Guildford	England	£1,981	£165.10
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£1,979	£164.92
68	North Yorkshire	England	£1,979	£164.91
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£1,977	£164.77
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£1,977	£164.72
71	Wolverhampton	England	£1,975	£164.56
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£1,975	£164.55
73	Fenland	England	£1,974	£164.48
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£1,973	£164.39
75	North Warwickshire	England	£1,969	£164.12
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£1,969	£164.06
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£1,968	£164.04
78	Leicester	England	£1,967	£163.90
79	Shropshire	England	£1,966	£163.86
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£1,965	£163.76
81	Spelthorne	England	£1,965	£163.75
82	Sevenoaks	England	£1,962	£163.49
83	Rossendale	England	£1,960	£163.33
84	Mole Valley	England	£1,960	£163.32
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£1,958	£163.16
86	Coventry	England	£1,957	£163.12
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£1,957	£163.08
88	Blackpool	England	£1,955	£162.89
89	Wyre Forest	England	£1,954	£162.85
90	Cumberland	England	£1,953	£162.77
91	Harrow	England	£1,953	£162.75
92	Sheffield	England	£1,952	£162.70
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£1,951	£162.55
94	West Berkshire	England	£1,949	£162.39
95	Norwich	England	£1,947	£162.26
96	Lancaster	England	£1,947	£162.24
97	Maidstone	England	£1,946	£162.20
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£1,946	£162.18
99	Wirral	England	£1,945	£162.08
100	Wokingham	England	£1,943	£161.89
101	Exeter	England	£1,941	£161.74
102	Darlington	England	£1,940	£161.64
103	Runnymede	England	£1,939	£161.58
104	Stroud	England	£1,938	£161.48
105	North Somerset	England	£1,938	£161.47
106	Thanet	England	£1,937	£161.45
107	Blaby	England	£1,937	£161.40
108	Knowsley	England	£1,935	£161.28
109	Arun	England	£1,935	£161.21
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£1,934	£161.17
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£1,934	£161.14
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£1,933	£161.08
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£1,932	£161.01
114	Fylde	England	£1,932	£161.00
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£1,932	£160.99
116	Rugby	England	£1,931	£160.94
117	South Norfolk	England	£1,931	£160.93
118	Bromsgrove	England	£1,928	£160.65
119	Bridgend	Wales	£1,927	£160.61
120	Mid Sussex	England	£1,924	£160.37
121	Conwy	Wales	£1,923	£160.28
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£1,923	£160.21
123	Bedford	England	£1,922	£160.21
124	Torbay	England	£1,921	£160.11
125	Chichester	England	£1,921	£160.07
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£1,920	£160.01
127	Ipswich	England	£1,920	£159.98
128	Cambridge	England	£1,919	£159.90
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£1,918	£159.87
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£1,918	£159.84
131	Hyndburn	England	£1,918	£159.83
132	Redditch	England	£1,916	£159.64
133	North Tyneside	England	£1,915	£159.56
134	Dover	England	£1,915	£159.56
135	Warwick	England	£1,915	£159.54
136	Wyre	England	£1,914	£159.48
137	North Norfolk	England	£1,913	£159.44
138	West Lancashire	England	£1,910	£159.20
139	Worthing	England	£1,910	£159.19
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£1,910	£159.14
141	Cheshire East	England	£1,909	£159.11
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£1,909	£159.11
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£1,907	£158.94
144	Malvern Hills	England	£1,906	£158.86
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£1,904	£158.70
146	Warrington	England	£1,904	£158.64
147	Tameside	England	£1,903	£158.62
148	Watford	England	£1,903	£158.58
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£1,903	£158.55
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£1,901	£158.45
151	Breckland	England	£1,901	£158.39
152	Forest of Dean	England	£1,900	£158.37
153	South Ribble	England	£1,900	£158.32
154	Plymouth	England	£1,899	£158.27
155	Kirklees	England	£1,899	£158.22
156	Horsham	England	£1,899	£158.21
157	Luton	England	£1,898	£158.14
158	Swindon	England	£1,896	£158.03
159	Broadland	England	£1,896	£158.00
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£1,894	£157.86
161	South Tyneside	England	£1,893	£157.79
162	Chorley	England	£1,890	£157.51
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£1,890	£157.51
164	Melton	England	£1,890	£157.48
165	Havering	England	£1,886	£157.15
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£1,885	£157.11
167	Three Rivers	England	£1,884	£157.00
168	Calderdale	England	£1,882	£156.86
169	New Forest	England	£1,882	£156.84
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£1,882	£156.82
171	Canterbury	England	£1,882	£156.81
172	St Albans	England	£1,882	£156.80
173	Crawley	England	£1,881	£156.75
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£1,881	£156.74
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£1,880	£156.63
176	Slough	England	£1,878	£156.49
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£1,878	£156.49
178	Ashford	England	£1,875	£156.21
179	Dacorum	England	£1,873	£156.11
180	Gravesham	England	£1,873	£156.09
181	Amber Valley	England	£1,873	£156.05
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£1,872	£156.00
183	Hertsmere	England	£1,871	£155.93
184	Worcester	England	£1,871	£155.93
185	Swale	England	£1,871	£155.92
186	Charnwood	England	£1,871	£155.92
187	St Helens	England	£1,869	£155.77
188	Hart	England	£1,867	£155.56
189	Bolton	England	£1,866	£155.54
190	Stevenage	England	£1,860	£155.04
191	Cotswold	England	£1,860	£155.01
192	Harborough	England	£1,859	£154.90
193	Waltham Forest	England	£1,857	£154.71
194	Ribble Valley	England	£1,856	£154.68
195	High Peak	England	£1,855	£154.56
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£1,854	£154.48
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£1,853	£154.43
198	Rotherham	England	£1,852	£154.36
199	Southampton	England	£1,852	£154.36
200	Sutton	England	£1,850	£154.17
201	Flintshire	Wales	£1,848	£154.01
202	Cannock Chase	England	£1,848	£153.99
203	Dartford	England	£1,847	£153.94
204	Wychavon	England	£1,846	£153.82
205	Milton Keynes	England	£1,845	£153.75
206	Cheltenham	England	£1,843	£153.58
207	Halton	England	£1,841	£153.39
208	Bexley	England	£1,841	£153.38
209	Rochford	England	£1,838	£153.19
210	Birmingham	England	£1,838	£153.15
211	Bradford	England	£1,836	£153.01
212	Erewash	England	£1,836	£153.00
213	Winchester	England	£1,835	£152.95
214	Gloucester	England	£1,832	£152.69
215	West Lindsey	England	£1,831	£152.59
216	Lichfield	England	£1,829	£152.44
217	Powys	Wales	£1,829	£152.43
218	West Suffolk	England	£1,829	£152.41
219	East Staffordshire	England	£1,829	£152.40
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£1,829	£152.39
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£1,827	£152.22
222	Gosport	England	£1,823	£151.94
223	East Hampshire	England	£1,823	£151.92
224	Eastleigh	England	£1,822	£151.81
225	Babergh	England	£1,821	£151.77
226	Tewkesbury	England	£1,820	£151.70
227	South Derbyshire	England	£1,820	£151.64
228	Chesterfield	England	£1,820	£151.63
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£1,819	£151.60
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£1,819	£151.55
231	North Kesteven	England	£1,818	£151.52
232	East Suffolk	England	£1,816	£151.33
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£1,816	£151.29
234	Uttlesford	England	£1,815	£151.27
235	Medway	England	£1,811	£150.92
236	Maldon	England	£1,811	£150.91
237	Basildon	England	£1,810	£150.84
238	Barnsley	England	£1,809	£150.76
239	Lincoln	England	£1,807	£150.57
240	Havant	England	£1,805	£150.39
241	Rushmoor	England	£1,805	£150.39
242	Castle Point	England	£1,803	£150.28
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£1,802	£150.17
244	Haringey	England	£1,800	£149.97
245	South Staffordshire	England	£1,800	£149.96
246	Manchester	England	£1,798	£149.85
247	Wrexham	Wales	£1,796	£149.65
248	Boston	England	£1,796	£149.64
249	Broxbourne	England	£1,794	£149.49
250	Derby	England	£1,794	£149.46
251	Test Valley	England	£1,793	£149.43
252	Stafford	England	£1,791	£149.25
253	Tamworth	England	£1,789	£149.12
254	Chelmsford	England	£1,789	£149.09
255	Harlow	England	£1,788	£148.99
256	Wakefield	England	£1,786	£148.87
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£1,785	£148.75
258	Redbridge	England	£1,785	£148.72
259	Peterborough	England	£1,784	£148.65
260	Portsmouth	England	£1,782	£148.54
261	Trafford	England	£1,782	£148.54
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£1,781	£148.39
263	York	England	£1,779	£148.24
264	Leeds	England	£1,776	£148.02
265	Colchester	England	£1,776	£147.96
266	Braintree	England	£1,774	£147.80
267	South Holland	England	£1,772	£147.66
268	Epping Forest	England	£1,771	£147.60
269	East Lindsey	England	£1,770	£147.51
270	Fareham	England	£1,766	£147.17
271	Tendring	England	£1,765	£147.11
272	Enfield	England	£1,764	£146.98
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£1,762	£146.82
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£1,762	£146.79
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£1,758	£146.53
276	South Kesteven	England	£1,758	£146.48
277	Brentwood	England	£1,756	£146.36
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£1,755	£146.24
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£1,754	£146.17
280	Thurrock	England	£1,754	£146.14
281	Sandwell	England	£1,746	£145.47
282	Swansea	Wales	£1,741	£145.07
283	Lewisham	England	£1,740	£145.01
284	Brent	England	£1,739	£144.88
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£1,736	£144.64
286	Camden	England	£1,717	£143.08
287	Barking and Dagenham	England	£1,710	£142.50
288	Solihull	England	£1,709	£142.42
289	Sunderland	England	£1,709	£142.41
290	Hounslow	England	£1,700	£141.66
291	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£1,698	£141.50
292	Doncaster	England	£1,686	£140.50
293	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£1,685	£140.40
294	Torfaen	Wales	£1,677	£139.72
295	Wigan	England	£1,674	£139.53
296	Merton	England	£1,670	£139.14
297	Dudley	England	£1,668	£139.02
298	Bromley	England	£1,664	£138.71
299	Ealing	England	£1,663	£138.61
300	Barnet	England	£1,659	£138.22
301	Islington	England	£1,640	£136.64
302	Greenwich	England	£1,639	£136.62
303	Newport	Wales	£1,624	£135.36
304	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,620	£135.00
305	Hackney	England	£1,602	£133.54
306	Isles of Scilly	England	£1,593	£132.74
307	Lambeth	England	£1,592	£132.68
308	Hillingdon	England	£1,591	£132.58
309	Cardiff	Wales	£1,566	£130.48
310	Southwark	England	£1,530	£127.51
311	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£1,519	£126.56
312	Newham	England	£1,512	£126.01
313	Tower Hamlets	England	£1,429	£119.12
314	Midlothian	Scotland	£1,413	£117.71
315	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£1,387	£115.59
316	Stirling	Scotland	£1,363	£113.61
317	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,362	£113.53
318	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£1,359	£113.27
319	Moray	Scotland	£1,346	£112.20
320	Dundee City	Scotland	£1,345	£112.11
321	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,336	£111.31
322	Falkirk	Scotland	£1,334	£111.16
323	Glasgow City	Scotland	£1,327	£110.57
324	East Lothian	Scotland	£1,320	£110.03
325	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,318	£109.86
326	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,315	£109.57
327	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£1,311	£109.28
328	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,311	£109.27
329	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£1,310	£109.13
330	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,308	£108.99
331	Inverclyde	Scotland	£1,302	£108.49
332	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£1,302	£108.49
333	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£1,298	£108.18
334	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£1,296	£108.02
335	Highland	Scotland	£1,271	£105.91
336	West Lothian	Scotland	£1,266	£105.49
337	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£1,265	£105.39
338	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,260	£105.01
339	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£1,259	£104.90
340	Angus	Scotland	£1,243	£103.62
341	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£1,228	£102.32
342	Fife	Scotland	£1,224	£102.00
343	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,209	£100.76
344	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£1,182	£98.49
345	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£1,171	£97.58
346	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£1,157	£96.44
347	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,142	£95.18
348	City of London	England	£1,034	£86.18
349	Westminster	England	£816	£68.03
350	Wandsworth	England	£800	£66.64

English & Welsh figures include an area-average parish/community precept; Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage (set by Scottish Water), so a real Scottish bill is higher than shown. Band D is the official published figure; Band B is derived from the statutory proportions (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5; Scottish E–H per SSI 2016/368) and rounded to the nearest pound. Rates last verified 4 July 2026.

Methodology and sources

Band D figures for all 350 UK billing authorities are parsed from the official machine-readable 2026/27 releases — nothing is hand-typed. Band B is derived by multiplying each council's Band D by the statutory proportion for that band: in England and Wales the ladder runs 6/9 (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H); Scotland keeps 6/9–9/9 for A–D but uses raised multipliers for E–H (Band E is 473/360 of Band D, Band H 882/360) from April 2017. All sources are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rates last verified 4 July 2026; re-ingested each April.

Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 — MHCLG
Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 — Welsh Government
Council Tax datasets (Band D rates by year) — Scottish Government
Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5 (band proportions) — legislation.gov.uk
Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 — legislation.gov.uk

Band B council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band B charge for 2026/27 is £1,818, ranging from £800 (Wandsworth) to £2,151 (Dorset). Band B is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge — the full ranked table is on this page. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government and Scottish Government 2026/27 releases (OGL v3.0).

Councils publish one number — the Band D charge — and every other band is a fixed proportion of it, set in law. In England and Wales Band B is 7/9 of Band D (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5). Scotland uses the same A–D ladder but higher E–H multipliers since April 2017 (SSI 2016/368), so Scottish Band E–H charges here use those raised proportions.

This page can't tell you your band, and no postcode tool can honestly. A specific home's band is on the official register: the VOA's 'Check your Council Tax band' service (England and Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland), both free. This page shows what Band B costs in each council once you know the band.

Broadly, with two caveats. English and Welsh figures include an area-average parish or community precept, so an individual bill varies slightly by parish. Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage charges, which are added to the same bill by Scottish Water — so a real Scottish bill is higher than the figure shown. The ranking is indicative rather than perfectly like-for-like.

Other bands & tools

Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H

Browse

Full A–H rates for every council

Tool

Council tax checker — bands in your postcode

Guide

Challenge your council tax band — evidence guide