East Lothian Council Tax 2026
Scotland
East Lothian Band D is £1,697.62 for 2026-27, the 324th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (27% below the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to Scottish Government, Council Tax Datasets, East Lothian's published Band D Council Tax is £1,697.62 for 2026-27 (FLOOR). Competition rank is 324th of 350 (higher than 7% of authorities).
- £1,697.62 Band D · FLOOR
- 324th of 350 authorities
- -27.4% vs UK average
According to Scottish Government, Council Tax Datasets, East Lothian's Band D Council Tax is £1,697.62 for 2026-27 (FLOOR), the 324th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 7% of them) and 27% below the UK average of £2,337.00.
How we calculate this rank & percentile
We compare every UK billing authority with a published 2026-27 Band D rate (350 in total). Rank is one plus the number with a higher charge, so equal charges share a rank. Percentile is round(authorities with a lower charge ÷ 350 × 100). The UK average is the simple mean of every council's Band D rate in our coverage set. Because the rank spans all three nations, it compares what each authority charges, not what each charge buys. Scotland sets its own 1991 valuation thresholds, and the band E to H multipliers were raised in April 2017, so Scottish upper-band charges are a higher multiple of Band D than the English ratios produce. Scottish bills also arrive alongside water and sewerage charges that this figure excludes. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £1,697.62
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the lowest in the UK
- +7.50%
- year-on-year vs £1,579.18
- Among the steepest rises
- -27.4%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,159.17
- Band H · 882/360 of Band D
East Lothian · year-on-year Band D
What changed for East Lothian
East Lothian's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,579.18 (2025-26) to £1,697.62 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 27.
How to read this Band D change
This is a change in the published Band D charge, not advice about household bills. Precepts, discounts, and banding decide the amount you pay.
See UK year-on-year changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
East Lothian Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £1,697.62 Published Band D 2026-27 FLOOR
- 324th of 350 UK authorities 7th percentile
- +7.5% Year-on-year Band D SPIKE
- Scotland Billing structure Scotland
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the East Lothian Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £1,697.62 places East Lothian 324th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 27.4% below the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 7% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is Scotland. Here, East Lothian ranks 11th among 32 billing authorities, against a regional average of £1,662.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
East Lothian bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,131.75 | £113.18 | £848.81 |
| B | £1,320.37 | £132.04 | £990.28 |
| C | £1,509.00 | £150.90 | £1,131.75 |
| D | £1,697.62 | £169.76 | £1,273.22 |
| E | £2,230.48 | £223.05 | £1,672.86 |
| F | £2,758.63 | £275.86 | £2,068.97 |
| G | £3,324.51 | £332.45 | £2,493.38 |
| H | £4,159.17 | £415.92 | £3,119.38 |
Scotland 1991 valuation ranges (Band A–H)
- Band A: Up to £27,000 (1991 valuation)
- Band B: £27,001 to £35,000
- Band C: £35,001 to £45,000
- Band D: £45,001 to £58,000 (reference band)
- Band E: £58,001 to £80,000
- Band F: £80,001 to £106,000
- Band G: £106,001 to £212,000
- Band H: Over £212,000
Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax Datasets (area Band D) + statutory Scotland band ratios documented in our methodology. Monthly figure is the annual charge / 10 (most councils use 10 monthly instalments). The sole-occupant column applies the statutory 25% single-person discount, payable when only one adult lives in the property.
East Lothian's nearest year-on-year movers · SPIKE
East Lothian moved Band D from £1,579.18 to £1,697.62 (+7.50%, SPIKE; competition rank 27th of 350). Closest published movements: Bromsgrove, Redditch, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole.
SPIKE signal for East Lothian: increase ≥7% - movement cohort beats charge twins for budget-change comparison.
- Bromsgrove7.64%
- Redditch7.58%
- Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole7.54%
- Renfrewshire7.50%
- Malvern Hills7.46%
- West Lothian7.40%
How East Lothian compares in Scotland
Among the 32 billing authorities in Scotland, East Lothian's 2026-27 Band D charge of £1,697.62 ranks 11th of 32, higher than 66% of them (£35.62 above the Scotland average of £1,662.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 9th | Falkirk | £1,715.09 |
| 10th | Glasgow City | £1,706.00 |
| 11th | East Lothian | £1,697.62 |
| 12th | South Ayrshire | £1,694.96 |
| 13th | Renfrewshire | £1,690.56 |
Regional rank out of 32 Scotland billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Council Tax figure, precept and liability disclaimer
Council Tax charges shown on this page are derived from the published Scotland Band D dataset and statutory Scotland band ratios. They are intended as informational guidance, not as a personalised tax statement or legal advice. Your actual bill depends on your property's assigned band and on any discounts or exemptions that apply to your household. East Lothian's Band D is the council rate alone; Scottish bills also collect Scottish Water charges that are not in this figure. For a binding figure consult your East Lothian Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for East Lothian are the council-set Band D and Scottish band multiples; Scottish Water is billed separately.