By region
Yorkshire and the Humber council tax 2026/27
Fifteen councils, each sending a single bill, and four police forces that explain much of the difference between them.
Kirklees, Band B, 2026/27
£1,899a year
First payment £188.61, then 9 of £190.00
| Band B charge | £1,898.61 |
| Bill for the year | £1,898.61 |
Band B at 7/9 of Band D.
Where the council tax goes
How Kirklees compares
Band D here is £2,441.07, number 149 of 296 in England (1 = dearest). The same band in Wandsworth, the cheapest, costs £800 on the same terms.
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Every council in Yorkshire and the Humber is now a single tier: nine metropolitan boroughs in West and South Yorkshire, and six unitary councils including North Yorkshire, created in 2023 from the old county and its districts. For 2026/27 their Band D charges for two adults run from £2,167.75 in Doncaster to £2,544.34 in North Yorkshire, with a simple average of £2,374.19. The four police forces set different precepts: West Yorkshire's is £278.28 at Band D, South Yorkshire's £280.04, Humberside's £313.66 and North Yorkshire's £335.86. In West and South Yorkshire the elected mayor sets the police precept. Most homes in the region are in Bands A to C, so the usual bill is between two thirds and eight ninths of the Band D figure.
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The fifteen councils
| Council | Band A | Band D | Band H | Band D 2025/26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire | £1,696.23 | £2,544.34 | £5,088.68 | £2,418.26 | 5.2 % |
| Sheffield | £1,673.44 | £2,510.16 | £5,020.32 | £2,388.76 | 5.1 % |
| North East Lincolnshire | £1,655.90 | £2,483.85 | £4,967.70 | £2,371.01 | 4.8 % |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £1,644.05 | £2,466.08 | £4,932.16 | £2,343.55 | 5.2 % |
| Kirklees | £1,627.38 | £2,441.07 | £4,882.14 | £2,321.76 | 5.1 % |
| Calderdale | £1,613.43 | £2,420.15 | £4,840.30 | £2,302.33 | 5.1 % |
| Rotherham | £1,587.69 | £2,381.53 | £4,763.06 | £2,283.26 | 4.3 % |
| Bradford | £1,573.82 | £2,360.73 | £4,721.46 | £2,246.15 | 5.1 % |
| North Lincolnshire | £1,565.64 | £2,348.46 | £4,696.92 | £2,238.09 | 4.9 % |
| Barnsley | £1,550.64 | £2,325.96 | £4,651.92 | £2,241.35 | 3.8 % |
| Wakefield | £1,531.26 | £2,296.89 | £4,593.78 | £2,185.93 | 5.1 % |
| Kingston upon Hull | £1,530.03 | £2,295.04 | £4,590.08 | £2,182.52 | 5.2 % |
| York | £1,524.77 | £2,287.15 | £4,574.30 | £2,175.05 | 5.2 % |
| Leeds | £1,522.49 | £2,283.73 | £4,567.46 | £2,172.39 | 5.1 % |
| Doncaster | £1,445.17 | £2,167.75 | £4,335.50 | £2,110.50 | 2.7 % |
West Yorkshire: one police line, five council charges
The five West Yorkshire councils share the same police and fire precepts, so their differences are entirely their own: Leeds £2,283.73, Bradford £2,360.73, Kirklees £2,441.07, Calderdale £2,420.15, Wakefield £2,296.89 at Band D. In a Band B home, which is the most common band in Bradford and Kirklees, the gap between the cheapest and the dearest of the five is £122 a year.
North Yorkshire and York
North Yorkshire Council and the City of York share a mayoral combined authority, which adds £116.62 at Band D to both; on their bills it takes the place of a separate fire line. North Yorkshire has 665 parishes and towns, more than any other council in the region, and its parish average hides a wide range: some villages pay almost nothing, some market towns well above the average. Your bill names your parish and its exact charge.
The Humber
Hull, the East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire form the Humber part of the region, policed by Humberside Police. Hull has one of the highest shares of Band A homes in England, while the East Riding, with its villages and coast, has many more homes in Bands D to F. The same Band D charge therefore means a very different average bill in each.
South Yorkshire
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield share South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire, which together add £375.09 at Band D. Doncaster has the lowest Band D in the region at £2,167.75, while Sheffield charges £2,510.16. Doncaster, with 43 parishes, also has more parish councils than Sheffield, whose city area has very few, so the gap between the two council charges themselves is even wider than the totals suggest.
Using the calculator
The calculator above opens on Kirklees, Band B. Choose your council and band, then the household. The bill is worked out from the official Band D figure using the national ratios, so it matches your council's table to the penny, apart from the parish part, which is averaged. In North Yorkshire, with its hundreds of parishes, check the exact parish figure on your bill.