Plaistow South (ward)

Plaistow South
Electoral ward for the Newham London Borough Council
Plaistow South ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Newham
County	Greater London
Population	13,173 (2021) [a]
Electorate	8,564 (2022)
Area	1.144 square kilometres (0.442 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Carlene Lee-Phakoe   Jane Lofthouse   Nazrul Islam
GSS code	E05013919

Plaistow South is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Newham London Borough Council.

Newham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 2022.

2025 by-election

The by-election took place on 18 September 2025, following the death of Neil Wilson. ^{[1] [2]}

2025 Plaistow South by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	913
	Labour	Ash Singh	436
	Reform UK	Lazar Monu	329
	Green	Nicholas Motte	152
	Conservative	Rois Miah	123
	Liberal Democrats	Sheree Miller	90
Turnout				23.1
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[3]

2022 Newham London Borough Council election: Plaistow South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Wilson	1,360	64.2	N/A
	Labour	Jane Lofthouse	1,292	61.0	N/A
	Labour	Carlene Lee-Phakoe	1,284	60.6	N/A
	Conservative	Murad Chowdhury	430	20.3	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Dowden	390	18.4	N/A
	Conservative	Roy Miah	345	16.3	N/A
	Green	Iain McKeil	334	15.8	N/A
	Green	Anca-Elena Zaman	328	15.5	N/A
	Conservative	Dhiman Das	311	14.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheree Miller	279	13.2	N/A
Turnout			2,430	28.3	N/A
Registered electors			8,564
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

1. "London Borough of Newham: The 2 candidates in Plaistow South". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
2. "Newham Independents win Plaistow South by-election". Newham Citizen. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
3. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.