Plashet (ward)

Plashet
Electoral ward for the Newham London Borough Council
Plashet ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Newham
County	Greater London
Population	11,617 (2021) [a]
Electorate	7,424 (2022)
Major settlements	Plashet
Area	0.7040 square kilometres (0.2718 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2022
Number of members	2
Councillors	Zuber Gulamussen   Pushpa Makwana
GSS code	E05013921

Plashet is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham. The ward was originally created in 1965 and abolished in 2002. It was created again for the 2022 elections. It returns councillors to Newham London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2022–present	Zuber Gulamussen [b]		Labour
			NIP
2022–present	Pushpa Makwana		Labour

Newham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 2022. The ward of Plashet was recreated.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[2]

2022 Newham London Borough Council election: Plashet (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zuber Gulamussen	1,378	62.3	N/A
	Labour	Pushpa Makwana	1,115	50.4	N/A
	Independent	Mehmood Mirza	919	41.6	N/A
	Conservative	Attic Rahman	544	24.6	N/A
	Green	Stephen Charles	256	11.6	N/A
	Green	Josh Robinson	210	9.5	N/A
Turnout			2,606	35.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,424
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

1978–2002 Newham council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 1978

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. ^[3]

1998 Newham London Borough Council election: Plashet (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thorne	1,231	60.15	1.32
	Labour	Rupinder Nandra	1,192
	Labour	Harbans Jabbal	1,175
	Conservative	Nafis Rafiq	600	24.81	4.52
	Conservative	Josephine Child	482
	Conservative	Barry Roberts	402
	Socialist Labour	Paul Sandford	300	15.05	New
Registered electors			7,219		378
Turnout			2,185	30.27	5.10
Rejected ballots			27	1.24	0.94
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994. ^[4]

1994 Newham London Borough Council election: Plashet (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thorne	1,665	61.47	5.20
	Labour	Mohammad Khawaja	1,493
	Labour	Qaisra Khan	1,423
	Conservative	Josephine Child	531	20.29	0.70
	Conservative	Simon Pearce	477
	Green	Paul Sandford	453	18.24	4.50
Registered electors			7,597		589
Turnout			2,687	35.37	0.76
Rejected ballots			8	0.30	0.41
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
2. Zuber Gulamussen changed parties in 2023. ^[1]

References

1. Gregory, Ruby (24 November 2023). "Labour loses another seat to Independent councillor after by-election in Newham". My London. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
2. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
4. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1994). "London Borough Council Elections: 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2025.