§
Mr. Giles Shaw
The following is a list of local authorities placed in order of the level of their local rates-precepts in 1982–83, along with the actual level of these local rates-precepts in that year.
| List of local authorities placed in order of the level of their local rates-precepts in 1982–83 |
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
197.5 |
| Manchester |
186.2 |
| Sheffield |
181.8 |
| Haringey |
181.8 |
| Rochdale |
173.5 |
| North Tyneside |
163.8 |
| Brent |
161.1 |
| Waltham Forest |
160.8 |
| Walsall |
158.1 |
| Newham |
157.0 |
| Avon |
156.0 |
| Wigan |
154.0 |
| Humberside |
153.0 |
| Sunderland |
151.8 |
| Cleveland |
150.0 |
| Cheshire |
149.4 |
| Northumberland |
149.0 |
| Tameside |
149.0 |
| Bury |
147.5 |
| Bedfordshire |
147.2 |
| Doncaster |
146.9 |
| Liverpool |
144.0 |
| Barnsley |
143.5 |
| Isles of Scilly |
143.3 |
| Cumbria |
143.0 |
| Berkshire |
142.8 |
| St. Helens |
140.8 |
| Gateshead |
139.8 |
| Derbyshire |
139.0 |
468W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Nottinghamshire |
139.0 |
| Durham |
137.0 |
| Bradford |
136.6 |
| Knowsley |
136.5 |
| Coventry |
135.7 |
| Staffordshire |
134.0 |
| Hertfordshire |
134.0 |
| Dorset |
133.0 |
| Sandwell |
131.9 |
| Gloucestershire |
131.5 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
131.5 |
| Oxfordshire |
131.5 |
| Calderdale |
131.2 |
| Suffolk |
130.5 |
| Northamptonshire |
130.0 |
| Leicestershire |
129.5 |
| Warwickshire |
129.3 |
| South Tyneside |
1290 |
| East Sussex |
128.6 |
| Hampshire |
128.4 |
| Buckinghamshire |
128.1 |
| Wirral |
127.5 |
| Isle of Wight |
127.0 |
| Lancashire |
126.5 |
| Rotherham |
126.5 |
| Wolverhampton |
125.9 |
| Essex |
125.9 |
| Birmingham |
125.5 |
| Wakefield |
125.5 |
| North Yorkshire |
125.0 |
| Harrow |
125.0 |
| Devon |
124.8 |
| Somerset |
124.0 |
| Kent |
123.5 |
| Shropshire |
123.5 |
| Wiltshire |
122.6 |
| Oldham |
122.1 |
| Surrey |
121.3 |
| Hounslow |
121.2 |
| Cambridgeshire |
121.0 |
| Lincolnshire |
121.0 |
| Bolton |
120.1 |
| Norfolk |
120.0 |
| West Sussex |
119.0 |
| Cornwall |
117.5 |
| Leeds |
117.0 |
| Dudley |
116.1 |
| Stockport |
115.6 |
| Salford |
115.5 |
| Solihull |
114.5 |
| Kirklees |
113.2 |
| Trafford |
112.5 |
| Bexley |
111.8 |
| Sefton |
111.4 |
| Hillingdon |
108.5 |
| Havering |
105.6 |
| Barking and Dagenham |
105.4 |
| Enfield |
101.7 |
| Ealing |
97.2 |
| Barnet |
96.3 |
| Merton |
94.2 |
| Sutton |
92.4 |
| Redbridge |
89.4 |
| Bromley |
87.0 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames |
85.5 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames |
81.4 |
| Southward |
80.6 |
| Hackney |
78.3 |
| Camden |
74.7 |
| I.L.E.A. |
71.0 |
| South Yorkshire |
69.8 |
| Tower Hamlets |
69.3 |
| Croydon |
67.2 |
| Greenwich |
62.3 |
| Lewisham |
59.9 |
469W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Lambeth |
59.2 |
| Islington |
59.1 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
57.5 |
| Merseyside |
54.0 |
| Tyne and Wear |
51.2 |
| Thamesdown |
50.6 |
| Wansbeck |
46.0 |
| Harlow |
45.1 |
| West Yorkshire |
44.5 |
| Greater Manchester |
42.0 |
| West Midlands |
40.3 |
| Derwentside |
40.2 |
| Burnley |
40.1 |
| Darlington |
40.0 |
| Middlesbrough |
39.5 |
| Langbaurgh |
39.2 |
| Sedgefield |
37.9 |
| Stevenage |
37.6 |
| City of London |
37.3 |
| Blackburn |
37.0 |
| Norwich |
36.8 |
| Wear Valley |
35.6 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
35.2 |
| Leicester |
34.7 |
| Crawley |
34.5 |
| Greater London CL |
34.4 |
| Brighton |
34.2 |
| Reading |
34.0 |
| Rossendale |
33.2 |
| Carlisle |
33.0 |
| Hyndburn |
32.8 |
| Chester le Street |
32.8 |
| Chesterfield |
32.5 |
| Basildon |
32.4 |
| Bristol |
32.2 |
| Adur |
31.3 |
| Great Yarmouth |
31.2 |
| Harrogate |
30.8 |
| Hertsmere |
30.5 |
| Scunthorpe |
30.0 |
| Blyth Valley |
29.5 |
| Corby |
29.0 |
| Cleethorpes |
28.8 |
| Easington |
28.6 |
| Pendle |
28.0 |
| Peterborough |
28.0 |
| Durham |
27.7 |
| Thanet |
27.6 |
| Copeland |
27.4 |
| Portsmouth |
27.1 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth |
26.5 |
| Mansfield |
26.5 |
| N.E. Derbyshire |
26.2 |
| Bassetlaw |
26.2 |
| Wyre Forest |
26.1 |
| Dartford |
26.1 |
| Bolsover |
26.1 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull |
25.7 |
| Ipswich |
25.6 |
| Stockton on Tees |
25.1 |
| Hartlepool |
25.0 |
| Elmbridge |
25.0 |
| Eastbourne |
25.0 |
| Blackpool |
25.0 |
| The Wreckin |
24.8 |
| Westminster |
24.7 |
| Bournemouth |
24.5 |
| Lincoln |
24.0 |
| Warrington |
24.0 |
| Hereford |
23.8 |
| Welwyn Hatfield |
23.6 |
| Preston |
23.6 |
| Thurrock |
23.5 |
| Lancaster |
23.5 |
| Chester |
23.4 |
470W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Watford |
22.8 |
| Canterbury |
22.7 |
| Rushcliffe |
22.6 |
| Northampton |
22.5 |
| Ribble Valley |
22.4 |
| Allerdale |
22.1 |
| South Wight |
22.1 |
| Halton |
22.0 |
| Barrow in Furness |
22.0 |
| Rushmoor |
22.0 |
| Worcester |
22.0 |
| Worthing |
22.0 |
| Scarborough |
21.9 |
| Newcastle under Lyme |
21.7 |
| Shepway |
21.6 |
| Southampton |
21.5 |
| Ashfield |
21.4 |
| High Peak |
21.3 |
| Crewe and Nantwich |
21.1 |
| Ellesmere and Neston |
21.0 |
| Redditch |
21.0 |
| Tonbridge and Mailing |
20.9 |
| Sevenoaks |
20.9 |
| Erewash |
20.8 |
| Derby |
20.7 |
| Luton |
20.6 |
| Glanford |
20.5 |
| North Warwickshire |
20.4 |
| Richmondshire |
20.2 |
| North West Leicester |
20.2 |
| Three Rivers |
20.0 |
| East Yorkshire |
20.0 |
| Medina |
20.0 |
| Wellingborough |
20.0 |
| East Hertfordshire |
19.8 |
| Milton Keynes |
19.7 |
| Basingstoke and Deane |
19.6 |
| Vale Royal |
19.5 |
| Nottingham |
19.5 |
| Botthferry |
19.4 |
| Ashford |
19.2 |
| Kettering |
19.2 |
| Epsom and Ewell |
19.1 |
| Wychavon |
19.1 |
| Tynedale |
19.1 |
| Fareham |
19.0 |
| Tendring |
18.9 |
| Rother |
18.9 |
| West Derbyshire |
18.9 |
| Gedling |
18.8 |
| Melton |
18.8 |
| Gravesham |
18.7 |
| Oxford |
18.7 |
| Hart |
18.5 |
| South Bedfordshire |
18.4 |
| Waverley |
18.4 |
| Tunbridge Wells |
18.4 |
| West Lindsey |
18.2 |
| Amber Valley |
18.1 |
| Woodspring |
18.1 |
| West Norfolk |
18.0 |
| Southend on Sea |
18.0 |
| Stratford-on-Avon |
17.9 |
| Dacorum |
17.8 |
| North Wiltshire |
17.7 |
| Rugby |
17.6 |
| Epping Forest |
17.5 |
| Great Grimsby |
17.5 |
| Stoke-on-Trent |
17.5 |
| Craven |
17.5 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham |
17.4 |
| Bracknell |
17.3 |
| North Hertfordshire |
17.3 |
| South Holland |
17.1 |
| East Staffordshire |
17.1 |
471W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Weymouth and Portland |
17.0 |
| Hastings |
17.0 |
| North Bedfordshire |
17.0 |
| Congleton |
16.9 |
| East Lindsey |
16.6 |
| West Lancashire |
16.6 |
| Christchurch |
16.5 |
| Tamworth |
16.5 |
| Wyre |
16.5 |
| Lichfield |
16.5 |
| Alnwick |
16.4 |
| Leominster |
16.4 |
| Carrick |
16.2 |
| East Hampshire |
16.2 |
| Guildford |
16.2 |
| Rutland |
16.1 |
| Winchester |
16.1 |
| Newark |
16.0 |
| St. Albans |
16.0 |
| Beverley |
16.0 |
| Poole |
16.0 |
| Castle Point |
16.0 |
| Runnymede |
16.0 |
| Daventry |
15.9 |
| Fylde |
15.9 |
| North Norfolk |
15.9 |
| Teesdale |
15.9 |
| Castle Morpeth |
15.8 |
| Dover |
15.8 |
| Waveney |
15.8 |
| South Shropshire |
15.8 |
| Wandsworth |
15.8 |
| South Derbyshire |
15.7 |
| Mid Sussex |
15.7 |
| Gosport |
15.7 |
| Mid Suffolk |
15.7 |
| Surrey Heath |
15.6 |
| Lewes |
15.6 |
| Cheltenham |
15.5 |
| Caradon |
15.5 |
| Eastleigh |
15.5 |
| Warwick |
15.5 |
| Restormel |
15.5 |
| Rochford |
15.4 |
| Woking |
15.4 |
| Slough |
15.4 |
| Teignbridge |
15.4 |
| Hambleton |
15.3 |
| Kerrier |
15.2 |
| Penwith |
15.2 |
| North Shropshire |
15.2 |
| Broxtowe |
15.1 |
| Charnwood |
15.1 |
| North Kesteven |
15.0 |
| Macclesfield |
15.0 |
| Boston |
15.0 |
| Maidstone |
15.0 |
| South Kesteven |
15.0 |
| Stafford |
14.9 |
| North Devon |
14.9 |
| Horsham |
14.9 |
| Harborough |
14.9 |
| Northavon |
14.9 |
| Reigate and Banstead |
14.9 |
| Swale |
14.8 |
| Braintree |
14.7 |
| Spelthorne |
14.7 |
| Mole Valley |
14.7 |
| Torbay |
14.5 |
| Oswestry |
14.5 |
| Bromsgrove |
14.4 |
| Ryedale |
14.4 |
| Malvern Hills |
14.4 |
| Bridgnorth |
14.3 |
| Arun |
14.3 |
472W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Test Valley |
14.2 |
| Sedgemoor |
14.2 |
| Fenland |
14.2 |
| Staffs. Moorlands |
14.2 |
| Torridge |
14.1 |
| South Ribble |
14.1 |
| South Hams |
14.1 |
| St. Edmundsbury |
14.1 |
| Vale of White Horse |
14.0 |
| Mid Bedfordshire |
14.0 |
| Forest of Dean |
14.0 |
| Taunton Deane |
13.9 |
| Chorley |
13.8 |
| Blaby |
13.7 |
| Newbury |
13.6 |
| North Cornwall |
13.5 |
| Mid Devon |
13.5 |
| Huntingdon |
13.5 |
| Oadby and Wigston |
13.5 |
| Plymouth |
13.4 |
| Rochester upon Medway |
13.4 |
| Havant |
13.4 |
| Kennet |
13.4 |
| Holderness |
13.4 |
| Stroud |
13.3 |
| Chichester |
13.1 |
| South Staffordshire |
13.0 |
| Exeter |
13.0 |
| Cambridge |
13.0 |
| Broxbourne |
12.9 |
| Wokingham |
12.8 |
| East Devon |
12.8 |
| South Oxfordshire |
12.6 |
| York |
12.5 |
| Cannock Chase |
12.5 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed |
12.5 |
| Tandridge |
12.3 |
| Tewkesbury |
12.1 |
| New Forest |
12.1 |
| South Bucks |
12.1 |
| Salisbury |
12.1 |
| Cotswold |
12.0 |
| Forest Heath |
11.9 |
| Chiltern |
11.9 |
| Eden |
11.9 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth |
11.8 |
| West Somerset |
11.8 |
| Colchester |
11.8 |
| Cherwell |
11.8 |
| West Devon |
11.7 |
| Hove |
11.7 |
| Purbeck |
11.7 |
| Aylesbury Vale |
11.6 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead |
11.6 |
| Suffolk Coastal |
11.5 |
| Wycombe |
11.4 |
| Maldon |
11.3 |
| Breckland |
11.3 |
| East Northampton |
11.3 |
| Brentwood |
11.2 |
| Wimborne |
11.0 |
| Kingswood |
11.0 |
| Babergh |
10.8 |
| Wansdyke |
10.7 |
| South Norfolk |
10.6 |
| Broadland |
10.6 |
| South Lakeland |
10.5 |
| South Herefordshire |
10.4 |
| Selby |
10.3 |
| West Oxfordshire |
10.1 |
| Wealden |
9.9 |
| South Northampton |
9.8 |
| West Wiltshire |
9.6 |
| Uttlesford |
9.3 |
| South Cambridgeshire |
9.2 |
473W
|
Local rate precept poundage in 1982–83 (pence) |
| Gloucester |
9.0 |
| West Dorset |
8.8 |
| Mendip |
8.3 |
| East Cambridgeshire |
8.2 |
| Yeovil |
7.9 |
| Chelmsford |
7.9 |
| Bath |
7.7 |
| North Dorset |
7.6 |
| Gillingham |
6.1 |