They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection.

Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.

[2] A Labour councillor for St George's ward, Kat Fletcher, resigned in November 2019.

[4] Gary Poole, a Labour councillor, left his party to sit as an independent in July 2019 citing antisemitism, saying he hoped to rejoin in the future.

Comer-Schwartz had served as deputy leader of the council since 2020 and had previously worked for a mental health charity.

[15] In March 2022, groups of residents supportive and opposed to Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes protested Islington Town Hall ahead of a debate triggered by an anti-low traffic neighbourhood petition.

One attendee, the driving instructor David Corringall, cited the schemes as the reason he was standing as a Conservative candidate.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election.