Mei Foo Central (constituency)
| Mei Foo Central | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council | |
 Boundary of Mei Foo Central in Sham Shui Po District | |
| District | Sham Shui Po |
| Legislative Council constituency | Kowloon West |
| Population | 12,720 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,011 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2003 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Ng Yuet-lan (Independent) |
Mei Foo Central (Chinese: 美孚中), formerly called Lai Wan, is one of the 25 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District of Hong Kong.
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 independent Ng Yuet-lan, who was previously part of the Civic Party.
Mei Foo Central constituency is loosely based on the middle part of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok and has an estimated population of 12,720.[3]
Councillors represented
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tam Kwok-hung | Nonpartisan | |
| 200? | ADPL | ||
| 2007 | Shum Siu-hung | Nonpartisan | |
| 2015 | Ng Yuet-lan | Civic | |
| 2020 | Independent | ||
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Ng Yuet-lan | 3,666 | 60.14 | +8.34 | |
| NPP | Issac Yip Pui-man | 2,430 | 39.86 | ||
| Majority | 1,236 | 20.28 | |||
| Turnout | 6,121 | 76.41 | |||
| Civic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic | Ng Yuet-lan | 1,803 | 51.8 | +23.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shum Siu-hung | 1,675 | 48.2 | –8.7 | |
| Majority | 128 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,782 | 51.6 | |||
| Civic gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | +16.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Shum Siu-hung | 1,812 | 56.9 | +27.1 | |
| Civic | Ng Yuet-lan | 899 | 28.2 | ||
| People Power | Judey Tzeng Li-wen | 476 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 913 | 28.7 | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Shum Siu-hung | 998 | 38.8 | +6.5 | |
| ADPL | Tam Kwok-hung | 851 | 33.1 | –0.3 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Yam Siu-wai | 517 | 20.1 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chung Bing-fu | 205 | 8.0 | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from ADPL | Swing | +3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Tam Kwok-hung | 959 | 33.4 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Shum Siu-hung | 928 | 32.3 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Ng Yuet-lan | 692 | 24.1 | ||
| Nonpartisan 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). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b c Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2013.