UK Constituency Cost of Living Guides (2026)

Derby North

Salary £31,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 32.5%

Leicester South

Salary £29,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 34.4%

Nottingham East

Salary £29,000 Rent £750/mo Rent % 36.9%

Cambridge

Salary £40,000 Rent £1,400/mo Rent % 52.0%

Ipswich

Salary £31,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 37.2%

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Salary £32,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 40.7%

Norwich South

Salary £30,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 38.2%

Battersea

Salary £58,000 Rent £1,900/mo Rent % 51.6%

Cities of London and Westminster

Salary £52,000 Rent £2,100/mo Rent % 61.9%

Hackney South and Shoreditch

Salary £45,000 Rent £1,800/mo Rent % 60.1%

Hammersmith and Chiswick

Salary £55,000 Rent £2,000/mo Rent % 56.5%

Islington North

Salary £42,000 Rent £1,700/mo Rent % 60.4%

Richmond Park

Salary £68,000 Rent £2,000/mo Rent % 48.0%

Wimbledon

Salary £62,000 Rent £1,800/mo Rent % 46.4%

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Salary £27,000 Rent £600/mo Rent % 31.4%

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Salary £28,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 35.5%

Sunderland Central

Salary £26,000 Rent £600/mo Rent % 32.4%

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

Salary £25,000 Rent £550/mo Rent % 30.7%

Liverpool Riverside

Salary £28,000 Rent £750/mo Rent % 38.0%

Manchester Central

Salary £31,000 Rent £950/mo Rent % 44.1%

Belfast South and Mid Down

Salary £28,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 35.5%

Aberdeen North

Salary £38,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 31.1%

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Salary £33,000 Rent £950/mo Rent % 41.8%

Glasgow Central

Salary £32,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 40.7%

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Salary £30,000 Rent £750/mo Rent % 35.8%

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Salary £32,000 Rent £1,100/mo Rent % 49.7%

Guildford

Salary £48,000 Rent £1,300/mo Rent % 41.0%

Milton Keynes North

Salary £38,000 Rent £950/mo Rent % 36.9%

Oxford East

Salary £38,000 Rent £1,300/mo Rent % 50.5%

Portsmouth South

Salary £29,000 Rent £850/mo Rent % 41.8%

Reading Central

Salary £42,000 Rent £1,100/mo Rent % 39.1%

Southampton Itchen

Salary £30,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 43.0%

Bath

Salary £35,000 Rent £1,100/mo Rent % 46.0%

Bournemouth East

Salary £30,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 43.0%

Bristol Central

Salary £34,000 Rent £1,100/mo Rent % 47.1%

Cheltenham

Salary £34,000 Rent £950/mo Rent % 40.7%

Exeter

Salary £32,000 Rent £950/mo Rent % 42.9%

Gloucester

Salary £31,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 37.2%

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Salary £28,000 Rent £750/mo Rent % 38.0%

Swindon South

Salary £35,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 37.6%

Weston-super-Mare

Salary £28,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 40.5%

Cardiff West

Salary £30,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 38.2%

Newport East

Salary £29,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 34.4%

Swansea West

Salary £28,000 Rent £650/mo Rent % 32.9%

Birmingham Ladywood

Salary £28,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 40.5%

Coventry North West

Salary £30,000 Rent £700/mo Rent % 33.4%

Stoke-on-Trent Central

Salary £26,000 Rent £600/mo Rent % 32.4%

Hull East

Salary £26,000 Rent £600/mo Rent % 32.4%

Leeds Central and Headingley

Salary £32,000 Rent £900/mo Rent % 40.7%

Sheffield Hallam

Salary £31,000 Rent £800/mo Rent % 37.2%