Yuen Long District Council

Yuen Long District Council
Yuen Long District Council ; 元朗區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Yuen Long District
History
Founded	1 April 1981 (District Board); 1 July 1997 (Provisional); 1 January 2000 (District Council)
Leadership
Chair	Zachary Wong, Democratic
Vice-Chair	Johnny Mak, DA
Structure
Seats	45 councillors; consisting of; 39 elected and; 6 ex officio members
Democratic	7 / 45
TSWC	4 / 45
TCHD	4 / 45
DA	2 / 45
Action 18	2 / 45
Civ Passion	1 / 45
TSWLPU	1 / 45
Independent	24 / 45
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	24 November 2019
Meeting place
	13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, No.2, Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories
Website
	www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/yl/

Yuen Long District Council (Chinese: 元朗區議會) is the district council for the Yuen Long District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district councils. Yuen Long District currently consists of 45 members, of which the district is divided into 39 constituencies, electing a total of 39 with 6 ex officio members who are the Shap Pat Heung, San Tin, Ha Tsuen, Kam Tin, Ping Shan and Pat Heung rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 24 November 2019.

History

The Yuen Long District Council was established on 1 April 1981 under the name of the Yuen Long District Board as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Regional Council members and chairmen of six Rural Committees, Shap Pat Heung, San Tin, Ha Tsuen, Kam Tin, Ping Shan and Pat Heung, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Yuen Long District Board became Yuen Long Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. The current Yuen Long District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The appointed seats were abolished in 2015 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.

The Yuen Long District Council is one of the fastest growing council due to the development of the new towns of Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, and has become the largest council of the territory. It had been tightly dominated by the rural forces due to its vast rural areas and the ex-officio rural committee representatives. The chairmanship of the council had been taken by rural or rural-related councillors, such as Tai Kuen, chairman from 1985 to 1999, was a rural strongman; Tang Siu-tong, chairman from 2000 to 2007, was a rural leader which represented the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance and was elected to the Legislative Council in 2000 on the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) ticket; Leung Che-cheung, chairman from 2008 to 2015, was a member of the DAB and president of the New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS) who has been Legislative Councillor since 2012.

The Tin Shui Wai new town was also dominated by the pro-Beijing forces. The pro-democrats have limited influence in the district, such as Zachary Wong and Kwong Chun-yu in Long Ping Estate and the pro-Taipei Democratic Alliance's Johnny Mak in Fung Cheung. On the capacity of Yuen Long District Councillor, Kwong was elected to the Legislative Council through the District Council (Second) constituency in 2016.

The pro-Beijing and rural domination was turned over in the 2019 historic landslide victory where the pro-democrats were took over all the urban constituencies and a few rural constituencies amid the massive pro-democracy protests. All pro-Beijing councillors in Tin Shui Wai including Luk Chung-hung of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) being unseated and some rural incumbents were also surprisingly defeated. As a result, the pro-democrats took 33 of the 39 elected seats and seized control of the 45-member council for the first time.

Political control

Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Camp in control	Largest party	Years
No Overall Control	None	1982 - 1985
Pro-government	Reform Club	1985 - 1988
Pro-government	Meeting Point	1988 - 1991
Pro-government	United Democrats	1991 - 1994
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1994 - 1997
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1997 - 1999
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2000 - 2003
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2004 - 2007
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2008 - 2011
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2012 - 2015
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2016 - 2019
Pro-democracy	Democratic	2020 - 2023

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

Political party	Council members							Current members
Political party	1994	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Current members
Independent	15	14	17	15	14	17	20	24 / 45
Democratic	3	1	2	2	3	2	7	7 / 45
TSWC	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4 / 45
TCHD	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4 / 45
DA	-	-	4	1	-	1	2	2 / 45
Action 18	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2 / 45
Civic Passion	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 45
TSWLPU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 / 45

District result maps

1994
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019

Members represented

Starting from 1 January 2020:

Code	Constituency	Name		Notes
M01	Fung Nin	Kisslan Chan King-lun	Independent
M02	Yuen Long Centre	Shek King-ching	Democratic Alliance
M03	Fung Cheung	Mak Ip-sing	Democratic Alliance
M04	Yuen Lung	Cheung Sau-yin	Independent
M05	Shap Pat Heung Central	Willis Fong Ho-hin	Action 18
M06	Shui Pin	Lai Kwok-wing	Team Chu
M07	Nam Ping	Zachary Wong Wai-yin	Democratic
M08	Pek Long	Kwong Chun-yu	Democratic
M09	Yuen Long Tung Tau	Lam Ting-wai	Democratic
M10	Shap Pat Heung North	Shum Ho-kit	Independent
M11	Shap Pat Heung East	Lee Chun-wai	Action 18
M12	Shap Pat Heung West	Szeto Pok-man	Independent	[lower-alpha 1]
M13	Ping Shan South	Leung Tak-ming	Team Chu
M14	Hung Fuk	Eddie Chan Shu-fai	Team Chu
M15	Ha Tsuen	Tang Ka-leung	Independent
M16	Ping Shan Central	Felix Cheung Chi-yeung	Independent
M17	Shing Yan	Au Kwok-kuen	Team Chu
M18	Tin Shing	Hau Man-kin	TSW Connection
M19	Tin Yiu	Ho Wai-pan	Independent
M20	Yiu Yau	Ng Hin-wang	Democratic
M21	Tsz Yau	Chan Mei-lin	Independent
M22	Kingswood South	Katy Ng Yuk-ying	Democratic
M23	Shui Oi	Lai Po-wa	Democratic
M24	Shui Wah	Lam Chun	TSW Connection
M25	Chung Wah	Chan Sze-nga	Independent
M26	Chung Pak	Lee Wai-fung	TSWLPU
M27	Kingswood North	Ng Kin-wai	TSW Connection
M28	Yuet Yan	Hong Chin-wah	Independent
M29	Ching King	Kwok Man-ho	Democratic
M30	Fu Yan	Kwan Chun-sang	TSW Connection
M31	Yat Chak	Wong Wing-sze	Civic Passion
M32	Tin Heng	Wong Pak-yu	Independent
M33	Wang Yat	Mo Kai-hong	Independent
M34	Ping Shan North	Young Ka-on	Independent
M35	Fairview Park	To Ka-lun	Independent
M36	San Tin	Man Fu-wan	Independent
M37	Kam Tin	Chris Li Chung-chi	Independent
M38	Pat Heung North	Ronnie Tang Yung-yiu	Independent
M39	Pat Heung South	Lai Wing-tim	Independent
Ex offico	Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee Chairman	Ching Chan-ming	Independent
	San Tin Rural Committee Chairman	Jimmy Man Mei-kwai	Independent
	Ha Tsuen Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Lai-tung	Independent
	Kam Tin Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Ho-lin	Independent
	Ping Shan Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Che-keung	Independent
	Pat Heung Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Shui-man	Independent

Leadership

Chairs

Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:

	Years	Political Affiliation
Fung Kwok-keung	1981–1982	District Officer
J. K. Wilson	1982–1985	District Officer
Tai Kuen	1985–1999	Heung Yee Kuk
Tang Siu-tong	2000–2007	PA→DAB
Leung Che-cheung	2008–2015	DAB/NTAS
Shum Ho-kit	2016–2019	Heung Yee Kuk
Zachary Wong Wai-ying	2020–present	Democratic

Vice Chairs

	Years	Political Affiliation
Leung Che-cheung	2000–2008	DAB
Tang Yun-chor	2008–2011	Heung Yee Kuk
Leung Fuk-yuen	2011	Heung Yee Kuk
Wong Wai-shun	2012–2019	NPP→BPA
Johnny Mak Ip-sing	2020–present	Democratic Alliance

Notes

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References

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District Councils of Hong Kong (by district)
Hong Kong Island	Central and Western Wan Chai Eastern Southern
Kowloon	Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po Kowloon City Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong
New Territories	Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long North Tai Po Sai Kung Sha Tin Kwai Tsing Islands

Yuen Long District Council (41)
Democratic (7)	Ching King Kingswood South Nam Ping Pek Long Shui Oi Yiu Yau Yuen Long Tung Tau
TSWC (4)	Fu Yan Kingswood North Shui Wah Tin Shing
Action 18 (2)	Shap Pat Heung Central Shap Pat Heung West
DA (2)	Fung Cheung Yuen Long Centre
Civ Passion (1)	Yat Chak
Independent (24)	Chung Pak Chung Wah Fairview Park Fung Nin Ha Tsuen Hung Fuk Kam Tin Pat Heung North Pat Heung South Ping Shan Central Ping Shan North Ping Shan South San Tin Shap Pat Heung East Shap Pat Heung North Shing Yan Shui Pin Tin Heng Tin Yiu Tsz Yau Wang Yat Yuen Lung Yuet Yan
Ex-officio members: Independent (6) (Ha Tsuen Rural Committee, Kam Tin Rural Committee, Pat Heung Rural Committee , Ping Shan Rural Committee, Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee, San Tin Rural Committee)