The Council is made up of fifty two Councillors who are elected by the residents of Islington to make decisions about the Borough. The Council provides a wide range of services. They take place at the Town Hall and, with very few exceptions, start at 7.30 pm. Public copies of papers are available at Committee meetings or can be sent to you in advance. Before a meeting of the Council or any Committee takes place, you can ask for the right to FORMally address it on a particular subject, and if this is granted, you can speak for up to 10 minutes.
Some people use petitions to bring issues to the notice of the authority.
Any Councillor can present a petition on your behalf at a meeting of the Council. The petition is not discussed there and then but referred to the relevant Committee to consider. This allows full information to be gathered. At each Council meeting you can ask questions of Chairs of Committees. Questions must be sent to the Chief Executive in advance so that they can be printed in the Council agenda.