Example of how to make a plt plot with multiple aligned subplots

gridspec_example.py

# from https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/gridspec_multicolumn.html

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec


def format_axes(fig):
    for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes):
        ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center")
        ax.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)

fig = plt.figure(layout="constrained")

gs = GridSpec(3, 3, figure=fig)
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs[0, :])
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs[1, :-1])
ax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs[1:, -1])
ax4 = fig.add_subplot(gs[-1, 0])
ax5 = fig.add_subplot(gs[-1, -2])

fig.suptitle("GridSpec")
format_axes(fig)

plt.show()