Rankings · 2026-27

Which town councils raise the most?

PreceptTaunton£6,922,706 · Somerset

Area averages set by councils for 2026-27 (MHCLG). Real bills vary by parish, band and discount. How the figures work

All 8,900 parish and town councils and charter trustees that set a precept for 2026-27, by the amount raised.

Largest parish and town councils: the top 12

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Source: MHCLG council tax statistics 2026-27.

The list

No.	Parish	Council	Precept	Est. Band D bill
1	Taunton	Somerset	£6,922,706	£2,704.18
2	Salisbury City Council	Wiltshire	£6,306,962	£2,777.59
3	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	£4,772,978	£2,572.26
4	Bridgwater	Somerset	£4,726,790	£2,799.81
5	Chippenham	Wiltshire	£4,712,659	£2,718.53
6	Weston super Mare	North Somerset	£4,465,654	£2,522.32
7	Weymouth	Dorset	£4,375,270	£2,845.13
8	Falmouth	Cornwall	£4,057,218	£2,877.71
9	Central Swindon South	Swindon	£3,752,904	£2,452.12
10	Trowbridge	Wiltshire	£3,638,495	£2,682.13
11	Dunstable	Central Bedfordshire	£3,611,546	£2,617.48
12	Yeovil	Somerset	£3,597,700	£2,737.91
13	Truro	Cornwall	£3,527,562	£2,849.45
14	Newquay	Cornwall	£3,387,796	£2,738.66
15	Leighton Linslade	Central Bedfordshire	£3,105,167	£2,548.30
16	Frome	Somerset	£3,023,126	£2,683.48
17	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	£2,900,061	£2,567.29
18	Lowestoft	East Suffolk	£2,664,909	£2,433.15
19	Sutton Coldfield	Birmingham	£2,631,825	£2,423.13
20	Penzance	Cornwall	£2,528,957	£2,717.63
21	Central Swindon North	Swindon	£2,480,172	£2,509.48
22	Witney	West Oxfordshire	£2,427,251	£2,652.79
23	Bracknell	Bracknell Forest	£2,409,671	£2,281.56
24	Banbury	Cherwell	£2,384,754	£2,603.38
25	Portishead	North Somerset	£2,362,825	£2,583.70
26	Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire	£2,228,018	£2,684.73
27	St. Neots	Huntingdonshire	£2,191,566	£2,582.24
28	Great Aycliffe	Durham	£2,190,100	£2,812.35
29	Abingdon	Vale of White Horse	£2,175,940	£2,640.08
30	Peterlee	Durham	£2,141,789	£2,948.01
31	Ware	East Hertfordshire	£2,121,219	£2,623.69
32	Yate	South Gloucestershire	£2,070,915	£2,637.20
33	Cirencester	Cotswold	£2,050,280	£2,537.78
34	Bodmin	Cornwall	£2,021,355	£2,779.46
35	Bournemouth Town	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£1,981,980	£2,429.46
36	Newbury	West Berkshire	£1,967,492	£2,552.36
37	Bicester	Cherwell	£1,947,886	£2,612.96
38	Northampton Town	West Northamptonshire	£1,944,400	£2,430.51
39	Calne	Wiltshire	£1,934,744	£2,665.18
40	Biggleswade	Central Bedfordshire	£1,930,629	£2,591.56
41	Dorchester	Dorset	£1,913,842	£2,844.26
42	Poole Town	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£1,896,970	£2,432.55
43	Camborne	Cornwall	£1,882,805	£2,671.31
44	Hertford	East Hertfordshire	£1,880,271	£2,491.79
45	Barnstaple	North Devon	£1,841,131	£2,784.21
46	Totton and Eling	New Forest	£1,839,351	£2,477.18
47	Redruth	Cornwall	£1,836,162	£2,774.30
48	Crowborough	Wealden	£1,834,563	£2,777.14
49	Newton Abbot	Teignbridge	£1,822,075	£2,714.78
50	Houghton Regis	Central Bedfordshire	£1,819,350	£2,586.30
51	St. Ives	Cornwall	£1,764,670	£2,677.30
52	Harpenden Town	St Albans	£1,760,000	£2,452.76
53	Hailsham	Wealden	£1,747,698	£2,799.01
54	Littlehampton	Arun	£1,729,069	£2,556.02
55	Westbury	Wiltshire	£1,718,133	£2,686.15
56	Didcot	South Oxfordshire	£1,714,966	£2,611.18
57	Farnham	Waverley	£1,703,930	£2,602.91
58	Daventry	West Northamptonshire	£1,697,653	£2,557.56
59	Ryde	Isle of Wight	£1,684,874	£2,685.26
60	Saltash	Cornwall	£1,661,881	£2,676.52
61	Stowmarket	Mid Suffolk	£1,651,996	£2,443.48
62	Chesham	Buckinghamshire	£1,651,211	£2,614.92
63	Wells	Somerset	£1,634,990	£2,735.12
64	New Milton	New Forest	£1,631,666	£2,436.05
65	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	£1,624,084	£2,563.23
66	Haverhill	West Suffolk	£1,618,040	£2,443.96
67	Spennymoor	Durham	£1,614,372	£2,737.91
68	Goole	East Riding of Yorkshire	£1,611,000	£2,664.63
69	Bexhill-on-Sea	Rother	£1,610,588	£2,668.39
70	Hatfield	Welwyn Hatfield	£1,595,923	£2,514.19
71	Congleton	Cheshire East	£1,585,910	£2,509.81
72	Haydon Wick	Swindon	£1,573,943	£2,437.85
73	Wellington	Somerset	£1,569,759	£2,631.70
74	Malvern	Malvern Hills	£1,560,438	£2,494.26
75	Melksham	Wiltshire	£1,552,883	£2,635.74
76	Chichester	Chichester	£1,547,003	£2,492.15
77	Lewes	Lewes	£1,545,372	£2,666.81
78	Saffron Walden	Uttlesford	£1,543,009	£2,412.10
79	Fleet	Hart	£1,537,194	£2,423.08
80	Blyth	Northumberland	£1,526,573	£2,628.99
81	Kidderminster	Wyre Forest	£1,521,980	£2,518.51
82	Warminster	Wiltshire	£1,516,900	£2,605.98
83	Royal Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	£1,516,114	£2,695.08
84	Crewe	Cheshire East	£1,510,508	£2,471.47
85	Rushden	North Northamptonshire	£1,496,134	£2,492.32
86	Cambourne	South Cambridgeshire	£1,493,098	£2,727.76
87	Bude Stratton	Cornwall	£1,490,743	£2,723.44
88	Corsham	Wiltshire	£1,459,398	£2,669.83
89	Burnham on Sea and Highbridge	Somerset	£1,437,785	£2,570.24
90	Uckfield	Wealden	£1,432,188	£2,817.75
91	Bletchley and Fenny Stratford	Milton Keynes	£1,425,407	£2,452.00
92	St Austell	Cornwall	£1,420,600	£2,603.46
93	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	£1,419,550	£2,442.92
94	Devizes	Wiltshire	£1,412,601	£2,605.01
95	Wokingham	Wokingham	£1,404,224	£2,496.89
96	Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	£1,398,760	£2,664.60
97	East Grinstead	Mid Sussex	£1,389,998	£2,489.08
98	Newark	Newark and Sherwood	£1,381,498	£2,728.68
99	Seaham	Durham	£1,375,302	£2,782.82
100	Stratton St Margaret	Swindon	£1,369,964	£2,446.28

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Data: MHCLG, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method