Mei Foo South (constituency)

Mei Foo South
Elected Constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Boundary of Mei Foo South in Sham Shui Po District
Region	Sham Shui Po District
Electorate	8,011[1]
Current constituency
Created	2003
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Wong Tat-tung (DAB)
Created from	Mei Foo

Mei Foo South, formerly called Mei Foo, is one of the 21 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sham Shui Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Wong Tat-tung of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong winning with a narrow margin in the 2011 election.

Mei Foo South constituency is loosely based on the southeastern area of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Manhattan Hill in Lai Chi Kok with estimated population of 17,724.^[2]

Councillors represented

Mei Foo (1994-2003)

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	Democratic
	1999	Tanny Tsang Yau-fat	DAB
	2003 by-election	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	Democratic

Mei Foo South (2003 to present)

Election		Member	Party
	2003	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	Democratic
	2010		Civic
	2011	Wong Tat-tung	DAB

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2015: Mei Foo South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Tat-tung	2,421	52.3	+3.3
	Civic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	2,193	47.4	+0.3
	Nonpartisan	Judy Tzeng Li-wen	179	3.9
Majority			228	4.9
Turnout			4,849	56.6
	DAB hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2011: Mei Foo South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Wong Tat-tung	1,987	49.0
	Civic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	1,908	47.1
	Independent	Ken Chan Kin-chun	159	3.9
	DAB gain from Civic		Swing

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2007: Mei Foo South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	1,493	50.1	-9.3
	DAB	Wallace Yeung Hon-sing	1,487	49.9	+9.3
	Democratic hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2003: Mei Foo South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	1,936	59.4	+16.1
	DAB	Yeung Yiu-chung	1,324	40.6	-3.2
	Democratic hold		Swing

Mei Foo By-election 2003[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	849	43.8	-5.1
	DAB	Yeung Yiu-chung	840	43.3	-7.1
	ADPL	Se Kwok-hung	244	12.6
	Democratic gain from DAB		Swing

1990s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 1999: Mei Foo [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Tanny Tsang Yau-fat	1,048	50.4
	Democratic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	1,017	48.9	-1.5
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1994: Mei Foo [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	1,072	50.4
	Liberal	Cheng Ching-kay	912	42.8
	Public Affairs Society	Song Wai-kun	129	6.1
	Democratic win (new seat)

References

1. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
2. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
3. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 20 April 2013.