Yau Yat Tsuen (constituency)
| Yau Yat Tsuen | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council | |
 Boundary of Yau Yat Tsuen in Sham Shui Po District | |
| District | Sham Shui Po |
| Legislative Council constituency | Kowloon West |
| Population | 14,650 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 6,497 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Vacant |
| Created from | Tai Hang Tung & Yau Yat Tsuen |
Yau Yat Tsuen 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 vacant. It was last held by Lawrence Lau, who defeated the then incumbent Dominic Lee Tsz-king of the Liberal Party (LP).
Derived from Tai Hang Tung & Yau Yat Tsuen in 2007, Yau Yat Tsuen constituency is loosely based on residential areas Tak Chee Yuen, Yau Yat Tsuen, Mount Beacon and the City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong with estimated population of 14,650.[3]
Councillors represented
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kwok Chun-wah | Independent | |
| 2012 | Economic Synergy | ||
| 2012 | BPA | ||
| 2015 | Dominic Lee Tsz-king | Liberal | |
| 2019 | Lau Wai-chung→Vacant | Nonpartisan | |
Election results
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Lau Wai-chung | 2,487 | 50.98 | ||
| Liberal | Dominic Lee Tsz-king | 2,391 | 49.02 | −20.88 | |
| Majority | 96 | 1.96 | |||
| Turnout | 4,894 | 75.33 | |||
| Nonpartisan gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Dominic Lee Tsz-king | 2,277 | 69.9 | ||
| LSD | Dickson Chau Ka-faat | 982 | 30.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,295 | 39.8 | –4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,318 | 56.2 | |||
| Liberal gain from BPA | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Economic Synergy) | Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah | 1,451 | 72.33 | +14.11 | |
| ADPL | Lee Kin-kan | 555 | 27.67 | −14.11 | |
| Majority | 896 | 44.67 | +31.12 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | +14.11 | |||
2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah | 1,031 | 58.22 | ||
| ADPL | Leung Kam-tao | 740 | 41.78 | ||
| Majority | 291 | 13.55 | |||
| Independent 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.
- ^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Election Results - Sham Shui Po". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Election Results - Sham Shui Po". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012.