Plaistow West & Canning Town East ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

07/05/2026 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Shantu Ferdous Elected 1,112 31.0% -33.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Robert Gordon Elected 1,062 29.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Madeleine Sarley Pontin Elected 942 26.3% —
Newham Independents Party MD Saiful Islam 925 25.8% —
Green Party Ben Beeler 900 25.1% +10.8
Green Party Karen Flanagan 852 23.8% —
Newham Independents Party Abdul Hakeem Chaudhari 768 21.4% —
Newham Independents Party Syeda Fozia Tariq 768 21.4% —
Green Party Susha Sooral 705 19.7% —
Reform UK Constantin Ladan 596 16.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benedetto Litteri 351 9.8% -5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Rajan Miah 259 7.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Misrak Tefra 200 5.6% —
Independent Shayne Wiskin 159 4.4% —
Majority17
Turnout31.7%
Registered electors11,437
Ballots cast3,586

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

05/05/2022 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dina Hossain Elected 1,654 64.6% —
Labour Party John James Morris Elected 1,578 61.7% —
Labour Party Simon Rush Elected 1,475 57.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Barber 399 15.6% —
Green Party Jacintha Anjali Christopher 367 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aimee Alado 344 13.4% —
Green Party Peter James Whittle 335 13.1% —
Green Party Christopher Luke Slevin 293 11.4% —
Liberal Democrats Robert John Briggs 288 11.3% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nicola Heather Barratt 254 9.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adeola Odubowale Odutola 246 9.6% —
Christian Peoples Alliance John Falana 167 6.5% —
Christian Peoples Alliance Shóyemí Pépèr-Hadé Shóyemí 153 6.0% —
Christian Peoples Alliance Ugochi Stella Nwogwugwu 124 4.8% —
Majority1,076
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,559

03/05/2018 Estimated

This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.

PartyEstimated share
Labour Party 82%
Conservative and Unionist Party 16%
Christian Peoples Alliance 9%
Liberal Democrats 9%
Green Party 4%
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3%
Communist League Election Campaign 0%

Reconstructed from Canning Town North (39%), Plaistow North (28%), Canning Town South (26%), Plaistow South (7%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.