Lai Wah (constituency)
| Lai Wah | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Kwai Tsing District Council | |
 Boundary of Lai Wah in Kwai Tsing District | |
| District | Kwai Tsing |
| Legislative Council constituency | New Territories South West |
| Population | 15,916 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,686 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2003 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | vacant |
| Created from | Wah Fung |
Lai Wah is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was created in 2003. Its boundary is loosely based on the Lai Yan Court and Wah Lai Estate.
Councillors represented
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lee Wing-tat | Democratic | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2011 | Chu Lai-ling | DAB | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2019 | Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu→vacant | Civic→Independent | |
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic (PfD) | Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu | 3,613 | 56.18 | ||
| DAB | Chu Lai-ling | 2,818 | 43.82 | ||
| Majority | 795 | 12.36 | |||
| Turnout | 6,460 | 74.39 | |||
| Civic gain from DAB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chu Lai-ling | Unopposed | |||
| DAB hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAB | Chu Lai-ling | 1,923 | 50.1 | +11.4 | |
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat | 1,582 | 41.2 | −19.2 | |
| People Power (Power Voters) | Ray Chan Chi-chuen | 333 | 8.7 | ||
| DAB gain from Democratic | Swing | +15.3 | |||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat | 1,349 | 60.4 | −2.1 | |
| DAB | Yeung Man-tat | 885 | 39.6 | +18.7 | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | -10.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lee Wing-tat | 2,310 | 62.5 | ||
| DAB | Chan Chan-chung | 772 | 20.9 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Poon Su-kei | 615 | 16.6 | ||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- 2011 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)
- 2007 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)
- 2003 District Council Election Results (Kwai Tsing)