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

What Band E 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 E, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band E council tax for 2026/27 is £2,870. The highest is £3,379 (Dorset) and the lowest £1,257 (Wandsworth). Band E 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 E 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 E, 2026/27

1. Dorset£3,379
2. Lewes£3,369
3. Nottingham£3,368
4. Rutland£3,346
5. Wealden£3,335
6. Gateshead£3,319
7. Bristol£3,317
8. West Devon£3,307
9. Rother£3,301
10. Newark and Sherwood£3,278

Lowest Band E, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£1,257
2. Westminster£1,283
3. City of London£1,625
4. Hammersmith and Fulham£1,857
5. South Lanarkshire£1,929
6. Shetland Islands£1,955
7. Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,978
8. Kensington and Chelsea£2,037
9. North Lanarkshire£2,043
10. Fife£2,068

Band E council tax, every UK council ranked

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

#	Council	Nation	Band E annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£3,379	£281.62
2	Lewes	England	£3,369	£280.72
3	Nottingham	England	£3,368	£280.64
4	Rutland	England	£3,346	£278.83
5	Wealden	England	£3,335	£277.90
6	Gateshead	England	£3,319	£276.61
7	Bristol	England	£3,317	£276.39
8	West Devon	England	£3,307	£275.54
9	Rother	England	£3,301	£275.10
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£3,278	£273.18
11	Oxford	England	£3,274	£272.80
12	Hastings	England	£3,271	£272.61
13	Liverpool	England	£3,268	£272.31
14	Mid Devon	England	£3,247	£270.56
15	Eastbourne	England	£3,244	£270.34
16	Bassetlaw	England	£3,233	£269.39
17	Rushcliffe	England	£3,231	£269.22
18	Teignbridge	England	£3,230	£269.21
19	North Devon	England	£3,229	£269.11
20	Pendle	England	£3,227	£268.91
21	Walsall	England	£3,211	£267.61
22	Isle of Wight	England	£3,209	£267.44
23	Durham	England	£3,205	£267.07
24	Stockport	England	£3,201	£266.74
25	Broxtowe	England	£3,200	£266.67
26	South Hams	England	£3,196	£266.37
27	Reading	England	£3,193	£266.12
28	Gedling	England	£3,189	£265.79
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£3,189	£265.75
30	Ashfield	England	£3,188	£265.71
31	Waverley	England	£3,184	£265.31
32	Oldham	England	£3,181	£265.04
33	Torridge	England	£3,180	£264.96
34	Rochdale	England	£3,179	£264.90
35	Mansfield	England	£3,178	£264.85
36	Croydon	England	£3,178	£264.81
37	Woking	England	£3,175	£264.62
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£3,175	£264.57
39	Northumberland	England	£3,174	£264.50
40	East Devon	England	£3,172	£264.35
41	Tandridge	England	£3,171	£264.29
42	Salford	England	£3,171	£264.25
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£3,170	£264.16
44	Cornwall	England	£3,167	£263.89
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£3,165	£263.78
46	Surrey Heath	England	£3,160	£263.30
47	Sefton	England	£3,157	£263.11
48	Cherwell	England	£3,157	£263.08
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£3,154	£262.83
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£3,150	£262.52
51	Preston	England	£3,148	£262.34
52	Herefordshire	England	£3,146	£262.20
53	Wiltshire	England	£3,143	£261.94
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£3,137	£261.45
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£3,137	£261.41
56	Somerset	England	£3,130	£260.80
57	Hartlepool	England	£3,129	£260.76
58	Bolsover	England	£3,128	£260.68
59	Elmbridge	England	£3,126	£260.51
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£3,124	£260.37
61	Bury	England	£3,123	£260.25
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£3,117	£259.78
63	Burnley	England	£3,116	£259.66
64	Middlesbrough	England	£3,116	£259.64
65	Adur	England	£3,115	£259.55
66	Guildford	England	£3,113	£259.45
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£3,110	£259.16
68	North Yorkshire	England	£3,110	£259.15
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£3,107	£258.93
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£3,106	£258.85
71	Wolverhampton	England	£3,103	£258.60
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£3,103	£258.58
73	Fenland	England	£3,102	£258.47
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£3,100	£258.32
75	North Warwickshire	England	£3,095	£257.90
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£3,094	£257.81
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£3,093	£257.77
78	Leicester	England	£3,091	£257.56
79	Shropshire	England	£3,090	£257.50
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£3,088	£257.34
81	Spelthorne	England	£3,088	£257.32
82	Sevenoaks	England	£3,083	£256.91
83	Rossendale	England	£3,080	£256.66
84	Mole Valley	England	£3,080	£256.65
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£3,077	£256.39
86	Coventry	England	£3,076	£256.33
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£3,075	£256.28
88	Blackpool	England	£3,072	£255.98
89	Wyre Forest	England	£3,071	£255.90
90	Cumberland	England	£3,069	£255.78
91	Harrow	England	£3,069	£255.76
92	Sheffield	England	£3,068	£255.66
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£3,065	£255.44
94	West Berkshire	England	£3,062	£255.18
95	Norwich	England	£3,060	£254.98
96	Lancaster	England	£3,059	£254.95
97	Maidstone	England	£3,059	£254.89
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£3,058	£254.85
99	Wirral	England	£3,056	£254.69
100	Wokingham	England	£3,053	£254.40
101	Exeter	England	£3,050	£254.16
102	Darlington	England	£3,048	£254.00
103	Runnymede	England	£3,047	£253.92
104	Stroud	England	£3,045	£253.75
105	North Somerset	England	£3,045	£253.74
106	Thanet	England	£3,044	£253.70
107	Blaby	England	£3,044	£253.63
108	Knowsley	England	£3,041	£253.43
109	Arun	England	£3,040	£253.33
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£3,039	£253.27
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£3,039	£253.21
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£3,037	£253.12
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£3,036	£253.02
114	Fylde	England	£3,036	£252.99
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£3,036	£252.98
116	Rugby	England	£3,035	£252.90
117	South Norfolk	England	£3,035	£252.88
118	Bromsgrove	England	£3,029	£252.46
119	Bridgend	Wales	£3,029	£252.39
120	Mid Sussex	England	£3,024	£252.01
121	Conwy	Wales	£3,022	£251.86
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£3,021	£251.76
123	Bedford	England	£3,021	£251.75
124	Torbay	England	£3,019	£251.60
125	Chichester	England	£3,018	£251.54
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£3,017	£251.45
127	Ipswich	England	£3,017	£251.40
128	Cambridge	England	£3,015	£251.27
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£3,015	£251.22
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£3,014	£251.17
131	Hyndburn	England	£3,014	£251.16
132	Redditch	England	£3,010	£250.86
133	North Tyneside	England	£3,009	£250.74
134	Dover	England	£3,009	£250.73
135	Warwick	England	£3,009	£250.71
136	Wyre	England	£3,007	£250.61
137	North Norfolk	England	£3,007	£250.55
138	West Lancashire	England	£3,002	£250.17
139	Worthing	England	£3,002	£250.16
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£3,001	£250.07
141	Cheshire East	England	£3,000	£250.03
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£3,000	£250.02
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£2,997	£249.77
144	Malvern Hills	England	£2,996	£249.63
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£2,993	£249.39
146	Warrington	England	£2,992	£249.29
147	Tameside	England	£2,991	£249.25
148	Watford	England	£2,990	£249.20
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£2,990	£249.14
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£2,988	£249.00
151	Breckland	England	£2,987	£248.89
152	Forest of Dean	England	£2,986	£248.87
153	South Ribble	England	£2,985	£248.79
154	Plymouth	England	£2,984	£248.71
155	Kirklees	England	£2,984	£248.63
156	Horsham	England	£2,983	£248.62
157	Luton	England	£2,982	£248.51
158	Swindon	England	£2,980	£248.33
159	Broadland	England	£2,980	£248.29
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£2,977	£248.07
161	South Tyneside	England	£2,975	£247.95
162	Chorley	England	£2,970	£247.52
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£2,970	£247.51
164	Melton	England	£2,970	£247.47
165	Havering	England	£2,963	£246.96
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£2,963	£246.88
167	Three Rivers	England	£2,961	£246.72
168	Calderdale	England	£2,958	£246.50
169	New Forest	England	£2,957	£246.46
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£2,957	£246.43
171	Canterbury	England	£2,957	£246.41
172	St Albans	England	£2,957	£246.40
173	Crawley	England	£2,956	£246.32
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£2,956	£246.30
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£2,954	£246.13
176	Slough	England	£2,951	£245.92
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£2,951	£245.91
178	Ashford	England	£2,946	£245.48
179	Dacorum	England	£2,944	£245.31
180	Gravesham	England	£2,943	£245.28
181	Amber Valley	England	£2,943	£245.23
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£2,942	£245.14
183	Hertsmere	England	£2,940	£245.04
184	Worcester	England	£2,940	£245.04
185	Swale	England	£2,940	£245.02
186	Charnwood	England	£2,940	£245.02
187	St Helens	England	£2,937	£244.79
188	Hart	England	£2,933	£244.45
189	Bolton	England	£2,933	£244.42
190	Stevenage	England	£2,924	£243.63
191	Cotswold	England	£2,923	£243.59
192	Harborough	England	£2,921	£243.41
193	Waltham Forest	England	£2,917	£243.12
194	Ribble Valley	England	£2,917	£243.07
195	High Peak	England	£2,915	£242.88
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£2,913	£242.76
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£2,912	£242.67
198	Rotherham	England	£2,911	£242.56
199	Southampton	England	£2,911	£242.56
200	Sutton	England	£2,907	£242.27
201	Flintshire	Wales	£2,904	£242.02
202	Cannock Chase	England	£2,904	£241.98
203	Dartford	England	£2,903	£241.91
204	Wychavon	England	£2,901	£241.71
205	Milton Keynes	England	£2,899	£241.61
206	Cheltenham	England	£2,896	£241.34
207	Halton	England	£2,893	£241.04
208	Bexley	England	£2,892	£241.02
209	Rochford	England	£2,889	£240.72
210	Birmingham	England	£2,888	£240.67
211	Bradford	England	£2,885	£240.44
212	Erewash	England	£2,885	£240.44
213	Winchester	England	£2,884	£240.35
214	Gloucester	England	£2,879	£239.95
215	West Lindsey	England	£2,877	£239.78
216	Lichfield	England	£2,875	£239.55
217	Powys	Wales	£2,874	£239.53
218	West Suffolk	England	£2,874	£239.50
219	East Staffordshire	England	£2,874	£239.49
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£2,874	£239.47
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£2,870	£239.20
222	Gosport	England	£2,865	£238.77
223	East Hampshire	England	£2,865	£238.73
224	Eastleigh	England	£2,863	£238.56
225	Babergh	England	£2,862	£238.49
226	Tewkesbury	England	£2,861	£238.39
227	South Derbyshire	England	£2,860	£238.29
228	Chesterfield	England	£2,859	£238.28
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£2,859	£238.23
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£2,858	£238.15
231	North Kesteven	England	£2,857	£238.11
232	East Suffolk	England	£2,854	£237.80
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£2,853	£237.75
234	Uttlesford	England	£2,852	£237.70
235	Medway	England	£2,846	£237.17
236	Maldon	England	£2,846	£237.15
237	Basildon	England	£2,844	£237.03
238	Barnsley	England	£2,843	£236.90
239	Lincoln	England	£2,839	£236.61
240	Havant	England	£2,836	£236.32
241	Rushmoor	England	£2,836	£236.32
242	Castle Point	England	£2,834	£236.16
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£2,832	£235.98
244	Haringey	England	£2,828	£235.66
245	South Staffordshire	England	£2,828	£235.65
246	Manchester	England	£2,826	£235.49
247	Wrexham	Wales	£2,822	£235.16
248	Boston	England	£2,822	£235.15
249	Broxbourne	England	£2,819	£234.91
250	Derby	England	£2,818	£234.87
251	Test Valley	England	£2,818	£234.82
252	Stafford	England	£2,814	£234.53
253	Tamworth	England	£2,812	£234.34
254	Chelmsford	England	£2,811	£234.28
255	Harlow	England	£2,810	£234.13
256	Wakefield	England	£2,807	£233.94
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£2,805	£233.75
258	Redbridge	England	£2,804	£233.71
259	Peterborough	England	£2,803	£233.59
260	Portsmouth	England	£2,801	£233.41
261	Trafford	England	£2,801	£233.41
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£2,798	£233.18
263	York	England	£2,795	£232.95
264	Leeds	England	£2,791	£232.60
265	Colchester	England	£2,790	£232.51
266	Braintree	England	£2,787	£232.26
267	South Holland	England	£2,784	£232.04
268	Epping Forest	England	£2,783	£231.94
269	East Lindsey	England	£2,782	£231.80
270	Fareham	England	£2,775	£231.26
271	Tendring	England	£2,774	£231.17
272	Enfield	England	£2,772	£230.97
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£2,769	£230.71
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£2,768	£230.67
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£2,763	£230.26
276	South Kesteven	England	£2,762	£230.19
277	Brentwood	England	£2,760	£230.00
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£2,758	£229.80
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£2,756	£229.70
280	Thurrock	England	£2,756	£229.64
281	Sandwell	England	£2,743	£228.60
282	Swansea	Wales	£2,736	£227.97
283	Lewisham	England	£2,735	£227.88
284	Brent	England	£2,732	£227.67
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£2,727	£227.29
286	Camden	England	£2,698	£224.84
287	Barking and Dagenham	England	£2,687	£223.92
288	Solihull	England	£2,686	£223.80
289	Sunderland	England	£2,685	£223.78
290	Hounslow	England	£2,671	£222.60
291	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£2,668	£222.35
292	Doncaster	England	£2,649	£220.79
293	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£2,648	£220.63
294	Torfaen	Wales	£2,635	£219.56
295	Wigan	England	£2,631	£219.25
296	Merton	England	£2,624	£218.65
297	Dudley	England	£2,621	£218.46
298	Bromley	England	£2,616	£217.97
299	Ealing	England	£2,614	£217.81
300	Barnet	England	£2,607	£217.21
301	Islington	England	£2,577	£214.72
302	Greenwich	England	£2,576	£214.69
303	Newport	Wales	£2,553	£212.72
304	Caerphilly	Wales	£2,546	£212.15
305	Hackney	England	£2,518	£209.85
306	Isles of Scilly	England	£2,503	£208.59
307	Lambeth	England	£2,502	£208.50
308	Hillingdon	England	£2,500	£208.33
309	Cardiff	Wales	£2,461	£205.05
310	Southwark	England	£2,404	£200.37
311	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£2,387	£198.88
312	Midlothian	Scotland	£2,386	£198.85
313	Newham	England	£2,376	£198.02
314	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£2,343	£195.26
315	Stirling	Scotland	£2,303	£191.92
316	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£2,301	£191.79
317	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£2,296	£191.34
318	Moray	Scotland	£2,275	£189.54
319	Dundee City	Scotland	£2,273	£189.39
320	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£2,256	£188.03
321	Falkirk	Scotland	£2,253	£187.79
322	Tower Hamlets	England	£2,246	£187.18
323	Glasgow City	Scotland	£2,241	£186.79
324	East Lothian	Scotland	£2,230	£185.87
325	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£2,227	£185.58
326	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£2,221	£185.10
327	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£2,215	£184.61
328	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£2,215	£184.58
329	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£2,212	£184.35
330	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£2,209	£184.11
331	Inverclyde	Scotland	£2,199	£183.27
332	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£2,199	£183.27
333	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£2,193	£182.75
334	Highland	Scotland	£2,147	£178.91
335	West Lothian	Scotland	£2,138	£178.21
336	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£2,136	£178.04
337	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£2,129	£177.39
338	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£2,127	£177.21
339	Angus	Scotland	£2,100	£175.04
340	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£2,074	£172.85
341	Fife	Scotland	£2,068	£172.31
342	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£2,043	£170.21
343	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£2,037	£169.75
344	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£1,978	£164.84
345	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£1,955	£162.91
346	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,929	£160.78
347	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£1,857	£154.76
348	City of London	England	£1,625	£135.42
349	Westminster	England	£1,283	£106.90
350	Wandsworth	England	£1,257	£104.73

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 E 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 E 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 E council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band E charge for 2026/27 is £2,870, ranging from £1,257 (Wandsworth) to £3,379 (Dorset). Band E 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 E is 11/9 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 E 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.

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Council tax checker — bands in your postcode

Guide

Challenge your council tax band — evidence guide