text: Celebrity residents and good commuter links to the City have made Esher in Surrey the country’s number one income tax hotspot, research shows. Those living in the Esher and Walton parliamentary constituency – home to Gary Lineker, Frank Lampard, Mick Hucknall and Chris Tarrant – have seen average income tax bills jump by 8 per cent in a year. They paid the most income tax in 2012/13, with bills averaging £16,900, almost four times the national average of £4,363, a study by accountancy group UHY Hacker Young found. Celebrity residents and good commuter links to the City have made Esher in Surrey the country’s number one income tax hotspot, research shows . The average annual income is £59,600 - more than £30,000 above the average  gross annual salary. Like Esher, the other top five highest income tax-paying constituencies – Chesham and Amersham; Windsor; Beaconsfield; and Dorking and Leatherhead – are in the Home Counties and within an hour’s commute of London. Only one of the top ten constituencies, Tatton in Cheshire, is outside the South-East. Covering Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Knutsford, the area is another celebrity favourite, attracting residents such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Rio Ferdinand and Andy Cole. At the other end of the list, Stoke-on-Trent Central had the lowest bills, at £2,100 - eight times lower than those in Esher. Those living in the Esher and Walton parliamentary constituency – home to Gary Lineker (left) and Frank Lampard (right) – have seen average income tax bills jump by 8 per cent in a year . The other top five highest income tax-paying constituencies include Windsor (castle above) and Beaconsfield . Mark Giddens, of UHY Hacker Young, said: 'The combination of a relatively high density of high earning celebrities and easy transport links to the City of London for those working in financial services, mean that many parliamentary constituencies across the South-East, and Esher in particular, are a real hotspot for the taxman. 'With the tax rate at 45% for the highest earners, pockets are clearly being created - mainly, but not solely, around the capital - where income tax bills are far outstripping the national average. ‘Whether residents of Esher will relish the title of most highly income-taxed area of Britain is doubtful.’
target: Bills averaged £16,900 - almost four times the national average of £4,363 .
  People also paid more in Windsor, Beaconsfield, Chesham and Amersham .
  Stoke-on-Trent Central had the lowest bills at £2,100 per year .