Kowloon West (constituency)

Kowloon West
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Kowloon West in Hong Kong
Region	Kowloon
Electorate	478,880[1]
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	Five
Member(s)	Priscilla Leung (BPA) Wong Yuk-man (Independent) Ann Chiang (DAB) Claudia Mo (Civic) Helena Wong (Democratic)
Created from	Kowloon South-west, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, Kowloon Central

Kowloon West is a geographical constituency of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was established in 1998 following a reform to the electoral system for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. In the 1998 election there were 3 seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004 and 2008 were 4, 4 and 5 respectively.

Boundaries

The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.

History

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

LegCo members for former Kowloon West constituencies, 1985 – 1997
Election		1985–1998		1988–1991		Election		1991–1995				Election		1995–1997
Sham Shui Po		Chung Pui-lam PHKS(1985–90) LDF (1990–91)				Kowloon West		Frederick Fung ADPL				Kowloon West		Frederick Fung ADPL
South Kowloon		Jackie Chan		Kingsley Sit PHKS				James To United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)				Kowloon South-west		James To Democratic
Kowloon City		Daniel Tse				Kowloon Central		Lau Chin-shek United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)		Lee Cheuk-yan CTU		Kowloon South		Lau Chin-shek Democratic
												Kowloon Central		Bruce Liu ADPL
Part of Wong Tai Sin constituency								Conrad Lam United Democrat (1991–94) Democratic (1994–95)
												Becoming Kowloon North-east constituency

Returned members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West has been increased from 3 to 5 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:

LegCo members for Kowloon West, 1998 onwards
Election		1998 (1st LegCo)		2000 (2nd LegCo)		2004 (3rd LegCo)		2008 (4th LegCo)		2012 (5th LegCo)
Councilor Party		Lau Chin-shek Democratic (1998–2000) CTU (2000–08)						Wong Yuk-man LSD (2008–11) People Power (2011–2013) Independent(2013–)
Councilor Party		James To Democratic								Helena Wong Democratic
Councilor Party		Jasper Tsang DAB						Starry Lee DAB		Ann Chiang DAB
Councilor Party	New seat			Frederick Fung ADPL						Claudia Mo Civic
Councilor Party	Took seat from Kowloon East constituency							Priscilla Leung Professional Forum (2008–12) Kowloon West New Dynamic (2008–) Business and Professionals (2012–)

Summary of seats won

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012
	Democratic	2	1	1	1	1
	DAB	1	1	1	1	1
	CTU		1
	ADPL		1	1	1
	LSD				1
	People Power					1
	Civic					1
	KWND					1
	Independent			1	1
Pro-democracy		2	3	3	3	3
Pro-Beijing		1	1	1	2	2
Seats		3	4	4	5	5

Vote share summary

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012
	Democratic	55.1	20.7	26.6	14.4	15.5
	DAB	21.7	23.5	27.1	18.9	20.4
	ADPL	19.3	35.2	26.4	17.2	13.2
	Liberal	2.9			6.3
	CTU		20.7
	LSD				18.2
	Civic				8.4	16.3
	People Power					16.7
	KWND					14.9
	Independent and Others	1.1		19.9	16.7	3.0
Pro-democracy		74.3	76.5	72.1	64.4	63.1
Pro-Beijing		21.7	23.5	27.1	35.3	36.9

Election results

The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon West
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chiang Lai-wan Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim	47,363	20.41 (20+0.41)	+1.51
	People Power	Wong Yuk-man Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai	38,578	16.62	−1.58
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching Joe Wong Tak-chuen	37,925	16.34	+7.94
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung	36,029	15.52	+1.12
	KWND	Leung Mei-fun Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong	34,548	14.89	+5.29
	ADPL	Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan	30,634	13.20	−4.00
	Independent	Wong Yee-him	3,746	1.61	N/A
	Independent democrat	Wong Yat-yuk	2,399	1.03	N/A
	Awakening Association	Lam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai	859	0.37	+0.07
Total valid votes			232,081	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,952
Turnout			236,033	53.89	+9.12
Registered electors			437,968

Kowloon West by-election 2010[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LSD	Wong Yuk-man	60,395	67.8
	Nonpartisan	Pamela Peck Wan-kam	16,640	18.7
	Tertiary 2012	Wong Weng-chi	3,429	3.8
	Nonpartisan	Chiang Sai-cheong	3,109	3.5
	Nonpartisan	Shea Kai-chuen	2,517	2.8
	Nonpartisan	Kenneth Cheung Kam-chung	1,869	2.1
	Nonpartisan	Lam Yi-lai	1,069	1.2
	Nonpartisan	Kwok Shiu-ming	91	0.1
Majority			43,755	49.1
Total valid votes			89,119	100.0
Rejected ballots			2,682
Turnout			91,801	21.1
Registered electors			434,519
	LSD hold		Swing

2000s

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon West[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Starry Lee Wai-king Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun	39,013	18.9	−8.2
	LSD	Wong Yuk-man Lee Wai-yee	37,553	18.2	N/A
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu	35,440	17.2	−3.3
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Lam Ho-yeung	29,690	14.4	−12.2
	Nonpartisan	Priscilla Leung Mei-fun Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai	19,914	9.6	N/A
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying	17,259	8.4	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming	13,011	6.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chin-shek	10,553	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Tam Hoi-pong	1,603	0.8	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Francis Chong Wing-charn	1,076	0.5	N/A
	SDA	James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra	591	0.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lam Yi-lai	590	0.3	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui	290	0.1	N/A
Total valid votes			206,583	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,182
Turnout			207,765	47.18	−7.56
Registered electors			440,335

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon West[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Chung Kong-mo, Starry Lee Wai-king	61,770	27.1 (25+2.13)	+3.6
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Chan Ka-wai, Lam Ho-yeung, Ma Kee	60,539	26.6 (25+1.59)	−14.7
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	45,649	20.5	−14.7
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chin-shek	43,460	19.1	N/A
	ADPL	Liu Sing-lee	13,452	5.9	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing, Leung Suet-fong, Lau Po-kwan	1,824	0.8	N/A
Turnout			227,694	54.74	+12.60

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon West[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (CTU)	Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun	73,540	41.3 (25+16.27)	−13.75
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee Liu Sing-lee	62,717	35.2 (25+10.2)	+15.95
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Chung Kong-mo, Pun Kwok-wah, Wong Wai-chuen	41,942	23.5	+1.77
Turnout			178,199	42.14	−9.09

1990s

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon West[6]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun Eric Wong Chong-ki	113,079	55.05 (33.33+21.72)
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon	44,632	21.73
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-Kiu	39,534	19.25
	Liberal	Ringo Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah	5,854	2.85
	Atlas Alliance	Helen Chung Yee-fong	2,302	1.12
Turnout			205,401	50.23

1995 Constituencies

Kowloon Central

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon Central[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Liu Sing-lee	22,183	57.06
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing	16,691	42.94
Majority			5,492	14.08
	ADPL win (new seat)

Kowloon South

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lau Chin-shek	26,827	69.86
	LDF	Wong Siu-yee	11,572	30.14
Majority			15,255	39.72
	Democratic win (new seat)

Kowloon South-west

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South-west[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun	17,731	66.17
	ADPL	Daniel Wong Kwok-tung	4,929	18.39
	Independent	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	2,656	9.91
	Independent	Helen Chung Yee-fong	1,482	5.53
Majority			12,802	47.78
	Democratic win (new seat)

Kowloon West

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon West[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	28,996	67.37
	Independent	Fu Shu-wan	12,264	28.50
	Independent	Wong Yin-ping	1,778	4.13
Majority			16,732	38.87
	ADPL win (new seat)

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Kowloon Central

A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office:

By election, 1995: Kowloon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CTU	Lee Cheuk-yan	uncontested
	CTU gain from Democratic		Swing

Legislative Election 1991: Kowloon Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Lau Chin-shek	68,489	37.8
	United Democrats	Conrad Lam Kui-shing	56,084	32.4
	FTU	Chan Yuen-han	44,894	22.4
	Civic	Peter Chan Chi-kwan	14,145	7.1
	Reform	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin	8,257	4.1
	Independent	John Dragon Young	6,273	3.1
	Independent	Justin Cheung Chung-ming	2,158	1.1
Turnout			110,043	38.3
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

Kowloon West

Legislative Election 1991: Kowloon West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	36,508	28.9
	United Democrats	James To Kun-sun	26,352	20.9
	Civic	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	21,471	17.0
	Independent	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	18,634	14.8
	ADPL	Law Cheung-kwok	17,145	13.6
	LDF	Ng Kin-sun	6,098	4.8
Turnout			126,208	32.6
	ADPL win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

1985–88 Electoral Colleges

Kowloon City

Legislative Election 1988: Kowloon City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Daniel Tse Chi-wai	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Kowloon City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Daniel Tse Chi-wai	13	54.17
	PHKS	Pao Ping-wing	11	45.83
	Civic	Peter Chan Chi-kwan	0	0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

South Kowloon

Legislative Election 1988: South Kowloon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	12	44.44
	PHKS	Ng Kin Sun	10	37.04
	Nonpartisan	Clement Tao Kwok-lau	5	18.52
	PHKS gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: South Kowloon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Jackie Chan Chai-keung	14	51.86
	Nonpartisan	Ena Yuen Yin-hung	7	25.93
	Nonpartisan	Jacob Chan Lai-sang	6	22.22
	FTU	Ip Kwok-chung	0	0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Sham Shui Po

Legislative Election 1988: Sham Shui Po
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Chung Pui-lam	uncontested
	PHKS hold		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Sham Shui Po
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHKS	Chung Pui-lam	19	70.37
	Nonpartisan	Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum	8	29.63
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Hong Kong

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015.
2. http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2010by/eng/results_LC2.html
3. "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
4. "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
5. http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/index_c.htm
6. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm
7. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
8. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
9. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf
10. http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35838851.pdf