New Territories West (1998 constituency)
| New Territories West | |
|---|---|
| Former | |
| Replaced by | Hong Kong Island West (2021), New Territories North West (2021), New Territories South West (2021) |
The New Territories West geographical constituency was one of the
2021 overhaul of the Hong Kong electoral system. Located in the western part of the New Territories, it was the largest geographical constituency in Hong Kong with 1,308,081 electorates in 2020. It consisted of Tsuen Wan District, Kwai Tsing District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District and Islands District. In the 2016 Legislative Council election, it elected nine members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation
.
History
The single-constituency single-vote system was replaced by the
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) with nearly one-fifth of the popular vote. Pro-grassroots democrats Lee Cheuk-yan of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) and Leung Yiu-chung of the Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) each won a seat, with pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party took two seats with Lee Wing-tat and Albert Ho
being elected.
One extra seat was added to the constituency in the
Yuen Long Town Centre, Tin Shui Wai and a small part of Tuen Mun for Albert Chan.[4] With the rural support of the DAB–PA joint ticket, Tang Siu-tong
was able to beat the Democratic tickets to gain the extra seat at the expense of Lee Wing-tat who lost the re-election.
In the 2004 Legislative Council election, the number of seats in New Territories West was increased to eight, where the two new seats were taken by Lee Wing-tat who came back from his loss, and Selina Chow of the Liberal Party who rode on the popularity gained from the party's opposition 2003 Basic Law Article 23 legislation. Selina Chow lost her 2008 re-election which she complained the rural votes were taken away by DAB's rural candidate Cheung Hok-ming.[5] Chow was replaced by veteran trade unionist Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).
In 2010, Albert Chan of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) resigned from the office to rigger a by-election as a de facto referendum on the government's constitutional reform proposal. Chan was re-elected with a low turnout due to the government and pro-Beijing boycott.[6]
The deal on the modified constitutional reform proposal struck by the moderate democrats and the Beijing authorities expanded the number of the geographical constituency seats from 30 to 35, where the seats in New Territories West were increased to nine. The DAB deployed an offensive strategy by splitting their ticket into three separate ones, led by Tam Yiu-chung,
Alice Mak
retained a seat for the FTU, the pro-Beijing camp achieved a majority in New Territories West for the first time by winning five seats compared to pro-democrats' four.
The pro-Beijing camp retained its majority in the 2016 Legislative Council election, as the pro-democrats again split their votes in the overcrowding field. Localist camp Eddie Chu and Civic Passion's Cheng Chung-tai were elected with high votes among the opposition candidate, while Civic Kwok Ka-ki and Democrat Andrew Wan took the two other seats. Veteran Lee Cheuk-yan of the Labour Party was unexpectedly defeated by pro-Beijing independent Junius Ho with a margin of 0.91 percentage point, who took Tam Yiu-chung's place who was retiring.
Members returned
Below are all the members since the creation of the New Territories West constituency. The number of seats allocated to New Territories has been increased from five to nine between 1998 and 2012 due to the enlargement.
| LegCo members for New Territories West, 1998–2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Election | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | |||||||||
| 1st | 1998 | Lee Wing-tat (DP) |
DAB )
|
Albert Ho (DP) |
Lee Cheuk-yan (TF→CTU→Lab/CTU) |
Leung Yiu-chung (NWSC) |
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| 2nd | 2000 | Ind→LSD )
|
Tang Siu-tong (PA) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2004 | DAB )
|
Lee Wing-tat (DP) |
Selina Chow (LP) | |||||||||||||||
| 4th | 2008 | Wong Kwok-hing (FTU) | |||||||||||||||||
| Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 (b)
|
Albert Chan (LSD→PP) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 2012 | Kwok Ka-ki (CP) |
Leung Che-cheung (DAB/NTAS) |
Michael Tien (NPP→RT) |
Alice Mak (FTU) |
) | |||||||||||||
| 6th | 2016 | Cheng Chung-tai (Civic Passion) |
Ind )
|
Ind )
|
Andrew Wan (DP) | ||||||||||||||
| Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||
Summary of seats won
| Term | Election | Distribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1998 |
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| 2nd | 2000 |
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| 3rd | 2004 |
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| 4th | 2008 |
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| 5th | 2012 |
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| 6th | 2016 |
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| 1998 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DAB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Frontier | 1 | ||||||
| NWSC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CTU | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Progressive Alliance | 1 | ||||||
| Liberal | 1 | ||||||
| FTU | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| LSD | 1 | ||||||
| Civic | 1 | 1 | |||||
| People Power | 1 | ||||||
| Labour | 1 | ||||||
| NPP | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Civic Passion | 1 | ||||||
Independent |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Pro-democracy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pro-Beijing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Seats | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| 1998 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 39.2 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 23.2 | 11.8 | 6.9 | |
| DAB | 19.4 | 29.6 | 24.9 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 18.0 | |
| Frontier | 12.5 | ||||||
| NWSC | 10.3 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 3.5 | |
ADPL |
5.2 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 | |||
| Liberal | 0.8 | 2.7 | 10.9 | 5.4 | 0.2 | ||
| CTU | 15.2 | 9.9 | 10.6 | ||||
| FTU | 9.0 | 7.1 | 8.2 | ||||
| LSD | 8.1 | 1.9 | 4.7 | ||||
| Civic | 7.0 | 14.5 | 7.0 | ||||
| People Power | 8.9 | ||||||
| Labour | 8.2 | 5.0 | |||||
| NPP | 7.6 | 11.7 | |||||
| Civic Passion | 9.0 | ||||||
| Youngspiration | 1.7 | ||||||
Independent and Others |
12.7 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 20.6 | |
| Pro-democracy | 71.2 | 66.7 | 60.5 | 61.3 | 54.6 | 55.2 | |
| Pro-Beijing | 28.8 | 32.3 | 38.7 | 37.5 | 43.0 | 44.4 | |
Election results
The
single-member constituencies of the 1995 election
. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.
2010s
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Vote share
Other (20.72%)
| 2016 Legislative Council election: New Territories West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 67,049 | 11.11 | |||
Nonpartisan
|
Eddie Chu Hoi-dick
|
84,121 | 13.94 (11.11+2.83) |
N/A | |
| NPP | Michael Tien Puk-sun Wilson Wong Wai-shun, So Ka-man, Jonathan Tsui Hiu-kit, Kam Man-fung, Wyran Cheng Chit-pun, Sammi Fu Hiu-lam |
70,646 | 11.71 (11.11+0.60) |
+4.13 | |
| DAB | Chan Han-pan Jody Kwok Fu-yung, Dragon Li Sai-lung, Michelle Leung Kar-ming, Jones Chan Chun-chung, Lui Dik-ming, Pau Ming-hong |
58,673 | 9.72 | +2.39 | |
| Civic Passion | Cheng Chung-tai Cheung Yiu-sum |
54,496 | 9.03 | N/A | |
| DAB (NTAS) | Leung Che-cheung Clement Lui Kin, Ken Wong Hon-kuen, Terry Yip Man-pan, Chiu Kwan-siu, Lai Ka-man |
50,190 | 8.32 | –0.40 | |
| FTU | Alice Mak Mei-kuen Yiu Kwok-wai, Kot Siu-yuen, Ken Fung Pui-yin, Lau Chin-pang |
49,680 | 8.23 | +1.16 | |
| Civic | Kwok Ka-ki Henry Sin Ho-fai |
42,334 | 7.02 | –7.46 | |
| Democratic | , Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Lam Siu-fai | 41,704 | 6.91 | –4.86 | |
Independent
|
Ho Kwan-yiu
|
35,657 | 5.91 | +3.74 | |
| Labour | Lee Cheuk-yan, Chiu Yan-loy | 30,149 | 5.00 | –3.22 | |
| LSD (People Power) | Albert Chan Wai-yip
|
28,529 | 4.73 | –6.03 | |
NWSC
|
Wong Yun-tat, Leung Ching-shan, Rayman Chow Wai-hung | 20,974 | 3.48 | –5.30 | |
ADPL
|
Frederick Fung Kin-kee
|
17,872 | 2.96 | N/A | |
| Youngspiration (TSWNF) | Wong Chun-kit, Wong Pak-yu | 9,928 | 1.65 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Carolyn Tong Wing-chi | 2,408 | 0.40 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Clarice Cheung Wai-ching | 2,390 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Chow Wing-kan | 1,469 | 0.24 | N/A | |
| Christians to the World | Hendrick Lui Chi-hang
|
812 | 0.13 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Kwong Koon-wan | 810 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Politihk SS | Ko Chi-fai, Innes Tang Tak-shing | 604 | 0.10 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 603,446 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9,624 | ||||
| Turnout | 613,070 | 56.43 | +5.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,086,515 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Vote share
Other (4.58%)
| 2012 Legislative Council election: New Territories West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 55,401 | 11.11 | |||
| Civic | Audrey Eu Yuet-mee
|
72,185 | 14.48 (11.11+3.37) |
+7.48 | |
| People Power | Albert Chan Wai-yip Jacqueline Chan So-ling, Raymond Lai, Tong Wing-chi |
44,355 | 8.90 | +0.80 | |
| NWSC | Leung Yiu-chung Wong Yun-tat |
43,799 | 8.78 | −1.92 | |
| DAB | Tam Yiu-chung Lung Shui-hing, Yip Man-pan, Mo Shing-fung |
43,496 | 8.72 | −14.38 | |
| Labour | Lee Cheuk-yan Tam Chun-yin |
40,967 | 8.22 | −2.38 | |
| NPP | Michael Tien Puk-sun Clarice Cheung Wai-ching, Wong Cheuk-kin, Ho Kin-cheong |
37,808 | 7.58 | N/A | |
| DAB (NTAS) | Chan Han-pan Poon Chi-shing, Nixie Lam Lam, Chan Chun-chung, Law Kwan, Leung Kar-ming, Tsang Tai |
36,555 | 7.33 | N/A | |
| FTU | Alice Mak Mei-kuen , Manwell Chan, Kot Siu-yuen, Tang Cheuk-him
Luk Chung-hung |
35,239 | 7.07 | −1.93 | |
| DAB | Christina Maisenne Lee , Wong Wai-ling, Chui Kwan-siu
|
33,777 | 6.77 | N/A | |
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat, Lam Lap-chi, Lai King-wai | 32,792 | 6.58 | −4.92 | |
| Democratic | Zachary Wong Wai-ying , Li Hung-por, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung, Ho Hang-mui
|
25,892 | 5.19 | −4.01 | |
| Third Force | Chan Keung, Ting Yin-wah, So Ka-man, Chow Ping-tim, Tang Ka-leung, Nancy Poon Siu-ping, Raju Gurung | 16,767 | 3.36 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Chan Yut-wah | 11,997 | 2.41 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Ho Kwan-yiu | 10,805 | 2.17 | N/A | |
| LSD | Tsang Kin-shing | 9,280 | 1.86 | N/A | |
Democratic Alliance
|
Mak Ip-sing
|
2,896 | 0.58 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 498,610 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7,816 | ||||
| Turnout | 506,426 | 51.29 | +9.12 | ||
| Registered electors | 987,333 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSD | Albert Chan Wai-yip
|
109,609 | 81.73 | ||
Nonpartisan
|
Li Kwai-fong | 12,555 | 9.36 | ||
| Tertiary 2012 | Kwok Wing-kin | 6,192 | 4.62 | ||
Independent
|
Chow Ping-tim | 3,276 | 2.44 | ||
Nonpartisan
|
Li Sai-hung | 2,475 | 1.85 | ||
| Majority | 97,054 | 72.37 | |||
| Total valid votes | 134,107 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5,256 | ||||
| Turnout | 139,363 | 14.71 | |||
| Registered electors | 947,276 | ||||
| LSD hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Vote share
ADPL
(1.7%) Other (1.2%)
| 2008 Legislative Council election: New Territories West[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 49,787 | 12.50 | |||
| DAB | Chan Han-pan , Lung Shui-hing, Leung Kar-ming, Andy Lo Kwong-shing, Lui Kin
|
92,037 | 23.11 (12.50+10.61) |
−1.77 | |
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat Wong Suet-ying, Lam Siu-fat, Cheung Wai-mei, Lam Lap-chi |
45,767 | 11.49 | −1.99 | |
| NWSC | Leung Yiu-chung Wong Yun-tat |
42,441 | 10.66 | −2.04 | |
| CTU | Lee Cheuk-yan Tam Chun-yin |
42,366 | 10.64 | +0.73 | |
| Democratic | Hui Chi-fung , Lo Man-hon
|
36,764 | 9.23 | −4.25 | |
| FTU (DAB) | Dennis Leung Tsz-wing, Tang Ka-piu , Yiu Kwok-wai, Manwell Chan
|
35,991 | 9.04 | N/A | |
| LSD | Albert Chan Wai-yip
|
32,182 | 8.08 | +0.27 | |
| Civic | Sumly Chan Yuen-sum , Wong Ka-wa
|
27,910 | 7.01 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee , Chow Wing-kan
|
21,570 | 5.42 | −5.48 | |
| Democratic | Kwong Chun-yu
|
10,069 | 2.53 | N/A | |
ADPL
|
Tandon Lai Chaing, Yeung Chi-hang | 6,771 | 1.70 | −1.44 | |
Independent
|
Chow Ping-tim | 1,720 | 0.43 | +0.03 | |
| Blue Intelligent Union | Leung Suet-fong, Thapa Komal | 1,366 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Yuen Wai-chung | 1,338 | 0.34 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 398,292 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,427 | ||||
| Turnout | 400,719 | 42.49 | −10.99 | ||
| Registered electors | 943,161 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 Legislative Council election: New Territories West[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 57,926 | 12.50 | |||
DAB
|
Chan Han-pan , Andy Lo Kwong-sing, Philip Ng King-wah
|
115,251 | 24.87 (12.50+12.37) |
−4.71 | |
| Democratic | Sumly Chan Yuen-sum
|
62,500 | 13.49 (12.50+0.99) |
+3.11 | |
| Democratic | Ho Chun-yan Cheung Yin-tung |
62,342 | 13.45 (12.50+0.95) |
+2.25 | |
| NWSC | Andrew Wan Siu-kin
|
59,033 | 12.74 (12.50+0.24) |
−4.53 | |
| Liberal | Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee
|
50,437 | 10.88 | +8.14 | |
| CTU | Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Ngok-fung |
45,725 | 9.87 | −5.32 | |
Independent
|
Albert Chan Wai-yip
|
36,278 | 7.83 | −4.86 | |
ADPL
|
Yim Tim-sang, Kong Fung-yi, Tai Yin-chiu, Kwun Tung-wing | 14,570 | 3.14 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Stephen Char Shik-ngor | 9,116 | 1.97 | N/A | |
| New Forum | Lui Hau-tuen, Siu Shing-choi, Chan Choi-hi | 4,511 | 0.97 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Ng Tak-leung | 1,920 | 0.41 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Chow Ping-tim | 1,725 | 0.37 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 463,408 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3,449 | ||||
| Turnout | 466,857 | 53.48 | +9.75 | ||
| Registered electors | 873,031 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 Legislative Council election: New Territories West[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 57,266 | 16.67 | |||
DAB (HKPA )
|
Tam Yiu-chung, Tang Siu-tong Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Yau-hoi, Au Yeung Po-chun |
101,629 | 29.58 (16.67+12.91) |
+10.23 | |
| NWSC | Leung Yiu-chung | 59,348 | 17.27 | +6.97 | |
| CTU (Frontier) | Lee Cheuk-yan | 52,202 | 15.19 | +2.74 | |
| Democratic | Albert Chan Wai-yip Cosmas Kwong Kwok-chuen |
43,613 | 12.69 | N/A | |
| Democratic | Josephine Chan Shu-ying , Cheung Yuet-lan, Catherine Wong Lai-sheung
|
38,472 | 11.20 | N/A | |
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat, Wong Bing-kuen | 35,648 | 10.38 | N/A | |
| Liberal | David Yeung Fuk-kwong | 9,408 | 2.74 | +1.9 | |
Nonpartisan
|
Angela Man Yun-fei | 3,274 | 0.95 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 343,594 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,663 | ||||
| Turnout | 346,257 | 43.73 | −9.52 | ||
| Registered electors | 791,746 | ||||
1990s
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 Legislative Council election: New Territories West[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Quota | 75,035 | 20.00 | |||
| Democratic | Josephine Chan Shu-ying
|
147,098 | 39.21 (20.00+19.21) |
||
DAB
|
Tam Yiu-chung Leung Che-cheung, Chau Chuen-heung, Chan Wan-sang, Hui Chiu-fai |
72,587 | 19.35 | ||
| Frontier | Lee Cheuk-yan Ip Kwok-fun |
46,696 | 12.45 | ||
Nonpartisan
|
Leung Yiu-chung | 38,627 | 10.30 | ||
Nonpartisan
|
Lam Wai-keung, Tai Kuen, Chow Ping-tim, Chan Ka-mun, Tso Shiu-wai
|
25,905 | 6.91 | ||
ADPL
|
Yim Tim-sang | 19,500 | 5.20 | ||
Nonpartisan
|
Ting Yin-wah | 11,176 | 2.98 | ||
Independent
|
Yeung Fuk-kwong | 6,428 | 1.71 | ||
| Liberal | Paul Chan Sing-kong, Liu Kwong-sang, Wong Kwok-keung | 3,138 | 0.84 | ||
| 123DA | Mak Ip-sing , Shung King-fai
|
3,050 | 0.81 | ||
| Pioneer | Lam Chi-leung | 968 | 0.26 | ||
| Total valid votes | 375,173 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,042 | ||||
| Turnout | 377,215 | 53.25 | |||
| Registered electors | 708,443 | ||||
See also
References
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