Council Tax Bands in Yorkshire and the Humber 2026/27

Yorkshire and the Humber Band D Rates 2026/27

Figures are the Band D total for the main billing area of each authority, including all precepts. Source: individual authority 2026/27 council tax schedules.

Yorkshire's Four Mayoral Combined Authorities

Unlike London, where every bill carries the same Greater London Authority precept, Yorkshire and the Humber has no single region-wide charge. Its billing authorities are spread across four separate mayoral combined authorities, and the way each handles precepts differs. West Yorkshire (Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield, and Calderdale) and South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster) are the two metropolitan groupings. York and North Yorkshire covers the City of York and the large unitary North Yorkshire Council, and Hull and East Yorkshire pairs Hull City Council with the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The mayoral precept arrangements are not uniform. In York and North Yorkshire the mayor levies a mayoral general precept, set at £116.62 at Band D for 2026/27, on top of the mayoral policing precept, with the general element funding fire and rescue and other mayoral functions. In West Yorkshire the mayor has so far chosen not to add a general mayoral precept to bills, though the West Yorkshire policing precept still appears within each council's total. Because of this, the differences in total Band D bills between Yorkshire councils reflect each authority's own spending, its adult social care precept, and the particular police, fire, and mayoral precepts that apply where you live, rather than a single shared regional charge.

North Yorkshire is the most expensive authority we track in the region at £2,544.34 at Band D, partly because its bill bundles the council's own element with the York and North Yorkshire mayoral policing and general precepts. Doncaster, at £2,167.75, is the cheapest of the covered authorities.

Leeds and Sheffield, Yorkshire's Largest Cities

Leeds, the region's largest authority, sits at £2,271.51 at Band D for 2026/27, up £99.12 (4.6%) on 2025/26, and remains one of the lower-charging English core cities. See the full Leeds Band A to H rate table for the monthly figures.

Sheffield is higher at £2,510.16 at Band D, up £126.08 (5.3%) on the year, reflecting the South Yorkshire policing and mayoral precepts as well as the city council's own demand. The full Sheffield Band A to H rate table shows the breakdown by band.