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Council, council tax and representatives

Which council, ward and constituency a place is in, what each council tax band costs there, and who represents it.

Use it

Each band pays a fixed share of Band D, set in law: band A pays 6/9 of it and band H 18/9.

Example

If a borough's average Band D is £1,800 a year, band A pays £1,200, band E £2,200 and band H £3,600. An area whose postcodes sit 70% in one ward and 30% in another lists the councillors of both wards.

How we calculate it

Where a place sits (borough, ward, constituency, police force and official codes) comes from the ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, London postcodes only.
A neighbourhood is linked to wards and constituencies by its share of live postcodes, so one that crosses a boundary lists both sides. We list councillors and MPs for every ward or constituency holding at least 20% of its postcodes, and always the largest.
Council tax is the borough's average Band D for 2026-27 from the government's council tax tables, including the Greater London Authority's share and any parish charge.
Bands A to H are worked out from Band D with the legal ratios: 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 18 ninths.
Councillors are the winners of the 7 May 2026 borough elections (March 2025 in the City of London) and any later by-elections, from Democracy Club. MPs are the current members from the UK Parliament. Each list shows the day we checked.

The fine print

Council tax figures are borough averages, including an average parish charge. A council's own band amounts can differ from ours by pennies.
Each home's band is set from its value in 1991; we do not know the band of a single home.
Postcodes are placed in wards and constituencies by their ONS grid reference.
A councillor who stood down without a by-election may still be listed.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.
Council tax: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Councillor data from Democracy Club (democracyclub.org.uk), CC BY 4.0.
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.