This is becoming a bit of a debate. It should be said lots of councillors have full time work outside of the Town Hall. Then at the same time we are often told that being a councillor is exhausting, and 'like a full time job'. Labour group seem to think the arrangement is all fine, especially to avoid the 'cost' of a council by-election and the fact residents have already been to the polls twice already in Camden Square this year. That cost bit is a little moot given we've just seen Keir Starmer trigger a more expensive by-election right here when he could've stayed on as an MP. The cost is a big factor, or it isn't. Maybe nobody will care and it's just a flash in the pan today and this week, but problems may arise if a council meeting clashes with a vote in the Commons – and that would be a self-made problem; nobody can be in two places at the same time even if Camden and Westminster aren't too far away in distance.