Kowloon West (constituency)

The Kowloon West geographical constituency is one of the five geographical constituencies of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was established in 1998 following a reform to the electoral system for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It currently elects six Members of the Legislative Council using the Hare quota of party-list proportional representation. In the 1998 election there were three seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 were 4, 4, 5, 5 and 6 respectively. The constituency corresponds to the districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, and Kowloon City.

This article is about one of the geographical constituencies of Hong Kong. For the geographical area, see West Kowloon.

Kowloon West
Geographical Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Boundary of Kowloon West in Hong Kong
District	Yau Tsim Mong District Sham Shui Po District Kowloon City District
Region	Kowloon
Population	1,167,571
Electorate	489,451
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	6
Member(s)	Pro-Beijing (4):      Priscilla Leung (BPA/KWND)      Ann Chiang (DAB)      Vincent Cheng (DAB)      Chan Hoi-yan (Nonpartisan) Pro-democracy (2):      Claudia Mo (HK First)      Helena Wong (Democratic)
Created from	Kowloon South-west, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, Kowloon Central

History

The constituency was formed since the 1998 legislative election, replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the 1991 election with dual-seat constituency dual-vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central in the 1995 election. From 1985 to 1991, the seats were elected by the electoral colleges composed of the members of the district boards and Urban Council.

LegCo members for former Kowloon West constituencies, 1985–1997
1985–1988	Sham Shui Po		South Kowloon		Kowloon City				Part of Wong Tai Sin constituency
		Chung Pui-lam (PHKS→LDF)		Jackie Chan (Ind)		Daniel Tse (Ind)
1988–1991				Kingsley Sit (PHKS)
1991–1995	Kowloon West				Kowloon Central
		Frederick Fung (ADPL)		James To (UD→DP)		Lau Chin-shek (UD/CTU→DP/CTU)				Conrad Lam (UD→DP)
						Lee Cheuk-yan (CTU)
1995–1997	Kowloon West		Kowloon South-west		Kowloon South		Kowloon Central				Kowloon North-east constituency
		Frederick Fung (ADPL)		James To (DP)		Lau Chin-shek (DP/CTU)		Bruce Liu (ADPL)

Returned members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West was increased from three to five between 1998 and 2008 due to its enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:

LegCo members for Kowloon West, 1998–present
Term	Election	Member		Member		Member		Member		Member		Member
1st	1998		Lau Chin-shek (DP/CTU→CTU)		James To (DP)		Tsang Yok-sing (DAB)
2nd	2000								Frederick Fung (ADPL)
3rd	2004
4th	2008		Wong Yuk-man (LSD→PP→Ind)				Starry Lee (DAB)				Priscilla Leung (Ind→BPA/KWND)
	2010 (b)
5th	2012				Helena Wong (DP)		Ann Chiang (DAB)		Claudia Mo (CP→HKF)
6th	2016		Yau Wai-ching (Youngspiration)										Lau Siu-lai (DG)
	Mar 2018 (b)		Vincent Cheng (DAB)									Vacant
	Nov 2018 (b)												Chan Hoi-yan (Ind)

Summary of seats won

Term	Election	Distribution
1st	1998	2 1
2nd	2000	1 1 1 1
3rd	2004	1 1 1 1
4th	2008	1 1 1 1 1
5th	2012	1 1 1 1 1
6th	2016	1 1 1 1 1 1

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic	2	1	1	1	1	1
	DAB	1	1	1	1	1	1
	CTU		1
	ADPL		1	1	1
	LSD				1
	People Power					1
	Civic					1	1
	KWND/BPA					1	1
	Democracy Groundwork						1
	Youngspiration						1
	Independent			1	1
Pro-democracy		2	3	3	3	3	4
Pro-Beijing		1	1	1	2	2	2
Seats		3	4	4	5	5	6

Vote share summary

		1998	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
	Democratic	55.1	20.7	26.6	14.4	15.5	9.3
	DAB	21.7	23.5	27.1	18.9	20.4	18.8
	ADPL	19.3	35.2	26.4	17.2	13.2	5.5
	Liberal	2.9			6.3
	CTU		20.7
	LSD				18.2		2.4
	Civic				8.4	16.3	11.6
	People Power					16.7
	KWND/BPA					14.9	17.8
	Democracy Groundwork						13.7
	Youngspiration						7.4
	PPI						7.3
	Third Side						4.8
	Independent and Others	1.1		19.9	16.7	3.01	1.1
Pro-democracy		74.3	76.5	72.1	64.4	63.1	58.2
Pro-Beijing		24.6	23.5	27.1	35.3	36.9	37.0

Election results

The largest remainder method (with Hare quota) of the proportional representative electoral system was introduced in 1998, replacing the single-member constituencies of the 1995 election. Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the quota + remainder.

2010s

Kowloon West by-election, November 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Chan Hoi-yan	106,457	49.52
	Labour	Lee Cheuk-yan	93,047	43.28
	Nonpartisan	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	12,509	5.82
	Nonpartisan	Ng Dick-hay	1,650	0.77
	Nonpartisan	Judy Tzeng Li-wen	1,307	0.61
Majority			13,410	6.24
Total valid votes			214,970	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,552
Turnout			216,522	44.45
Registered electors			487,160
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Kowloon West by-election, March 2018[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Vincent Cheng Wing-shun	107,479	49.91
	Nonpartisan	Yiu Chung-yim	105,060	48.79
	Nonpartisan	Jonathan Tsoi Tung-chau	2,794	1.30
Majority			2,419	1.12
Total valid votes			215,333	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,562
Turnout			216,895	44.31
Registered electors			489,451
	DAB gain from Youngspiration		Swing

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Vote share

  DAB (18.84%)

  BPA (17.84%)

  DG (13.69%)

  Civic (11.59%)

  Democratic (9.34%)

  Youngspiration (7.40%)

  PPI (7.25%)

  ADPL (5.52%)

  Third Side (4.83%)

  LSD (2.44%)

  Politihk SS (0.34%)

  PVP (0.24%)

  HKLP (0.14%)

  Other (0.53999999999999%)

Legislative Election 2016: Kowloon West
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Ann Chiang Lai-wan Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Samuel Chan Wai-ming, Terence Siu Tin-hung, Allen Cheung Tak-wai	52,541	18.84 (16.67+2.17)	–1.57
	BPA (KWND)	Leung Mei-fun Leung Man-kwong, Cho Wui-hung, Kacee Ting Wong, Leung Yuen-ting, Chan Kwok-wai	49,745	17.84 (16.67+1.17)	+2.95
	Democracy Groundwork	Lau Siu-lai	38,183	13.69	N/A
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching Joshua Li Chun-hei	32,323	11.59	–4.75
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan Ramon Yuen Hoi-man, Joshua Fung Man-tao, Chau Man-fong	26,037	9.34	–6.18
	Youngspiration	Yau Wai-ching	20,643	7.40	N/A
	PPI	Wong Yuk-man, Ma Yu-sang	20,219	7.25	–9.37
	ADPL	Tam Kwok-kiu, Yeung Yuk, Wong Wing-kit	15,383	5.52	–7.68
	Third Side	Tik Chi-yuen, Wong Chun-long, Pang Yi-ting, Chen Lihong	13,461	4.83	N/A
	LSD	Avery Ng Man-yuen	6,811	2.44	N/A
	Politihk SS	Kwan San-wai, Ko Chi-keung	938	0.34	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Augustine Lee Wing-hon, Foo Wai-lok	874	0.31	N/A
	Pioneer of Victoria Park	Chu Siu-hung	680	0.24	N/A
	Independent	Lam Yi-lai, Au Wing-ho	634	0.23	–0.14
	HKLP	Jonathan Ho Chi-kwong	399	0.14	N/A
Total valid votes			278,871	100.00
Rejected ballots			4,883
Turnout			283,754	58.13	+4.24
Registered electors			488,129

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Vote share

  DAB (20.41%)

  People Power (16.62%)

  Civic (16.34%)

  Democratic (15.52%)

  KWND (14.89%)

  ADPL (13.20%)

  Other (3.02%)

Legislative Election 2012: Kowloon West
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Chiang Lai-wan Chris Ip Ngo-tung, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Chan Wai-ming, Lam Sum-lim	47,363	20.41 (20+0.41)	+1.51
	People Power	Wong Yuk-man Yim Tat-ming, Chau Tsun-kiu, Lau Tit-wai	38,578	16.62	−1.58
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching Joe Wong Tak-chuen	37,925	16.34	+7.94
	Democratic	Wong Pik-wan Cheung Man-kwong, Li Yiu-kee, Yuen Hoi-man, Chong Miu-sheung	36,029	15.52	+1.12
	KWND	Leung Mei-fun Yang Wing-kit, Wai Hoi-ying, Leung Man-kwong	34,548	14.89	+5.29
	ADPL	Tam Kwok-kiu, Liu Sing-lee, Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Wong Chi-yung, Austen Ng Po-shan	30,634	13.20	−4.00
	Independent	Wong Yee-him	3,746	1.61	N/A
	Ind. democrat	Wong Yat-yuk	2,399	1.03	N/A
	Awakening Association	Lam Yi-lai, Simon Ho Ka-kuen, Au Wing-ho, Lee Ka-wai	859	0.37	+0.07
Total valid votes			232,081	100.00
Rejected ballots			3,952
Turnout			236,033	53.89	+9.12
Registered electors			437,968

Kowloon West by-election 2010[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	LSD	Wong Yuk-man	60,395	67.77
	Nonpartisan	Pamela Peck Wan-kam	16,640	18.67
	Tertiary 2012	Wong Weng-chi	3,429	3.85
	Nonpartisan	Chiang Sai-cheong	3,109	3.49
	Nonpartisan	Shea Kai-chuen	2,517	2.82
	Nonpartisan	Kenneth Cheung Kam-chung	1,869	2.10
	Nonpartisan	Lam Yi-lai	1,069	1.20
	Nonpartisan	Kwok Shiu-ming	91	0.10
Majority			43,755	49.10
Total valid votes			89,119	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,682
Turnout			91,801	21.13
Registered electors			434,519
	LSD hold		Swing

2000s

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Vote share

  DAB (18.9%)

  LSD (18.2%)

  ADPL (17.2%)

  Democratic (14.4%)

  Civic (8.4%)

  Liberal (6.3%)

  Other (16.6%)

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon West[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Starry Lee Wai-king Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun	39,013	18.88	−8.25
	LSD	Wong Yuk-man Lee Wai-yee	37,553	18.18	N/A
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu	35,440	17.16	−2.89
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Lam Ho-yeung	29,690	14.37	−12.22
	Nonpartisan	Priscilla Leung Mei-fun Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai	19,914	9.64	N/A
	Civic	Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying	17,259	8.35	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming	13,011	6.30	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chin-shek	10,553	5.11	N/A
	Independent	Tam Hoi-pong	1,603	0.78	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Francis Chong Wing-charn	1,076	0.52	N/A
	SDA	James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra	591	0.29	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lam Yi-lai	590	0.29	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui	290	0.14	N/A
Total valid votes			206,583	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,182
Turnout			207,765	47.18	−7.56
Registered electors			440,335

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Vote share

  DAB (27.1%)

  Democratic (26.6%)

  ADPL (26.4%)

  Other (19.9%)

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon West[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Chung Kong-mo, Starry Lee Wai-king	61,770	27.13 (25+2.13)	+3.59
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun Chan Ka-wai, Lam Ho-yeung, Ma Kee	60,539	26.59 (25+1.59)	−14.68
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	45,649	20.05	−15.14
	Nonpartisan	Lau Chin-shek	43,460	19.09	N/A
	ADPL	Liu Sing-lee	13,452	5.91	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Lau Yuk-shing, Leung Suet-fong, Lau Po-kwan	1,824	0.80	N/A
Turnout			227,694	54.74	+12.60
Total valid votes			227,694	100.00
Rejected ballots			2,368
Turnout			230,062	54.74	+12.60
Registered electors			420,259

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Vote share

  Democratic (41.3%)

  ADPL (35.2%)

  DAB (23.5%)

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon West[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic (CTU)	Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun	73,540	41.27 (25+16.27)	−13.75
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee Liu Sing-lee	62,717	35.19 (25+10.2)	+15.95
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Chung Kong-mo, Pun Kwok-wah, Wong Wai-chuen	41,942	23.54	+1.77
Total valid votes			178,199	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,447
Turnout			179,646	42.14	–9.09
Registered electors			426,288

1990s

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Vote share

  Democratic (55.1%)

  DAB (21.7%)

  ADPL (19.3%)

  Liberal (2.9%)

  Other (1%)

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon West[6]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun Eric Wong Chong-ki	113,079	55.05 (33.33+21.72)
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing Ip Kwok-chung, Wen Choy-bon	44,632	21.73
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee, Liu Sing-lee, Tam Kwok-kiu	39,534	19.25
	Liberal	Ringo Chiang Sai-cheong, Chan Noi-yue, Edward Li King-wah	5,854	2.85
	Atlas Alliance	Helen Chung Yee-fong	2,302	1.12
Total valid votes			205,401	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,281
Turnout			206,682	50.23
Registered electors			411,468

1995 Constituencies

Kowloon Central

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon Central[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	ADPL	Liu Sing-lee	22,183	57.06
	DAB	Jasper Tsang Yok-sing	16,691	42.94
Majority			5,492	14.08
Total valid votes			38,874	100.00
Rejected ballots			592
Turnout			39,466	37.13
Registered electors			106,296
	ADPL win (new seat)

Kowloon South

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic (CTU)	Lau Chin-shek	26,827	69.86
	LDF	Wong Siu-yee	11,572	30.14
Majority			15,255	39.72
Total valid votes			38,399	100.00
Rejected ballots			255
Turnout			38,654	36.61
Registered electors			105,597
	Democratic win (new seat)

Kowloon South-west

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon South-west[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	James To Kun-sun	17,731	66.17
	ADPL	Daniel Wong Kwok-tung	4,929	18.39
	Independent	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	2,656	9.91
	Independent	Helen Chung Yee-fong	1,482	5.53
Majority			12,802	47.78
Total valid votes			26,798	100.00
Rejected ballots			289
Turnout			27,087	27.00
Registered electors			100,314
	Democratic win (new seat)

Kowloon West

Legislative Election 1995: Kowloon West[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	28,996	67.37
	Independent	Fu Shu-wan	12,264	28.50
	Independent	Wong Yin-ping	1,778	4.13
Majority			16,732	38.87
Total valid votes			43,038	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,043
Turnout			44,081	30.28
Registered electors			145,568
	ADPL win (new seat)

1991 Constituencies

Dual-seat constituency dual vote system was used with two seats to be filled in each constituency.

Kowloon Central

A by-election was held on 5 March 1995 after Lau Chin-shek resigned from his office:

By election, 1995: Kowloon Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CTU	Lee Cheuk-yan	uncontested
	CTU gain from Democratic		Swing

Legislative Election 1991: Kowloon Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Democrats	Lau Chin-shek	68,489	37.8
	United Democrats	Conrad Lam Kui-shing	56,084	32.4
	FTU	Chan Yuen-han	44,894	22.4
	Civic	Peter Chan Chi-kwan	14,145	7.1
	Reform	Cecilia Yeung Lai-yin	8,257	4.1
	Independent	John Dragon Young	6,273	3.1
	Independent	Justin Cheung Chung-ming	2,158	1.1
Turnout			110,043	38.3
	United Democrats win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

Kowloon West

Legislative Election 1991: Kowloon West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	ADPL	Frederick Fung Kin-kee	36,508	28.9
	United Democrats	James To Kun-sun	26,352	20.9
	Civic	Desmond Lee Yu-tai	21,471	17.0
	Independent	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	18,634	14.8
	ADPL	Law Cheung-kwok	17,145	13.6
	LDF	Ng Kin-sun	6,098	4.8
Turnout			126,208	32.6
	ADPL win (new seat)
	United Democrats win (new seat)

1985–88 Electoral Colleges

Kowloon City

Legislative Election 1988: Kowloon City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Daniel Tse Chi-wai	uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Kowloon City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Daniel Tse Chi-wai	13	54.17
	PHKS	Pao Ping-wing	11	45.83
	Civic	Peter Chan Chi-kwan	0	0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

South Kowloon

Legislative Election 1988: South Kowloon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PHKS	Kingsley Sit Ho-yin	12	44.44
	PHKS	Ng Kin-sun	10	37.04
	Nonpartisan	Clement Tao Kwok-lau	5	18.52
	PHKS gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: South Kowloon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nonpartisan	Jackie Chan Chai-keung	14	51.86
	Nonpartisan	Ena Yuen Yin-hung	7	25.93
	Nonpartisan	Jacob Chan Lai-sang	6	22.22
	FTU	Ip Kwok-chung	0	0
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Sham Shui Po

Legislative Election 1988: Sham Shui Po

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PHKS	Chung Pui-lam	uncontested
	PHKS hold		Swing

Legislative Election 1985: Sham Shui Po

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PHKS	Chung Pui-lam	19	70.37
	Nonpartisan	Ambrose Cheung Wing-sum	8	29.63
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Hong Kong

References

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