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'''Kowloon West''' is a [[geographical constituency]] 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. In the 1998 election there were 3 seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004 and 2008 were 4, 4 and 5 respectively.
'''Kowloon West''' is a [[geographical constituency]] 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. In the 1998 election there were 3 seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004 and 2008 were 4, 4 and 5 respectively.

== Boundaries ==
The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of [[Yau Tsim Mong District|Yau Tsim Mong]], [[Shum Sui Po District|Shum Shui Po]], and [[Kowloon City District|Kowloon City]].

== History ==
The constituency was formed since the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1998|1998 legislative election]], replacing a number of single-member constituencies in 1995. These were Kowloon West and parts of Kowloon Central in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1991|1991 election]] with dual-seat constituency dual vote system and Kowloon Southwest, Kowloon West, Kowloon South, and Kowloon Central in the [[Hong Kong legislative election, 1995|1995 election]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan = 10 | LegCo members for former Kowloon West constituencies, 1991 – 1997
|-
! |Election
! style="width:1px;"|
| {{nowrap|[[Hong Kong legislative election, 1991|1991]] – 1995}}
! style="width:1px;"|
| {{nowrap|[[Hong Kong by-election, 1995|1995 <small>by-election</small>]]}}
! style="width:1px;"|
! |Election
! style="width:1px;"|
| {{nowrap|[[Hong Kong legislative election, 1991|1995]] – 1997}}
! style="width:1px;"|
|-
! rowspan=2|Kowloon West
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
| colspan = 3 | [[Frederick Fung]]<br />''[[Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood|ADPL]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
! Kowloon West
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
| [[Frederick Fung]]<br />''[[Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood|ADPL]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| colspan = 3 | [[James To]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
! Kowloon Southwest
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
| [[James To]]<br />''[[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democrat]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
|-
! rowspan=2|Kowloon Central
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| [[Lau Chin-shek]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color}}" |
| [[Lee Cheuk-yan]]<br />''[[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions|CTU]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color}}" |
! Kowloon South
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Lau Chin-shek]]<br />''[[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democrat]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
| colspan = 3 | [[Lam Kui-shing]]<br />''[[United Democrats of Hong Kong|United Democrat]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color}}" |
! Kowloon Central
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
| [[Bruce Liu]]<br />''[[Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood|ADPL]]''
| width=1px style="background-color: {{Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color}}" |
|}

==Return Members==
Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to London has been increased from 3 to 4 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.


==Returned members==
==Returned members==

Revision as of 09:55, 12 March 2012

This article is about the geographical constituencies of Hong Kong. For the geographical area, see West Kowloon.
Kowloon West
九龍西
Geographical constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
RegionKowloon
Electorate1,030,000[1]
Current constituency
Created1998
Number of membersFive
Member(s)James To (Democratic)
Frederick Fung (ADPL)
Starry Lee (DAB)
Priscilla Leung (Professional Forum)
Raymond Wong (People Power)
Created fromKowloon Southwest,
Kowloon West,
Kowloon South,
Kowloon Central

Kowloon West is a geographical constituency 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. In the 1998 election there were 3 seats. The number of seats in 2000, 2004 and 2008 were 4, 4 and 5 respectively.

Boundaries

The constituency loosely corresponds to the today's districts of Yau Tsim Mong, Shum Shui Po, and Kowloon City.

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.

LegCo members for former Kowloon West constituencies, 1991 – 1997
Election 1991 – 1995 1995 by-election Election 1995 – 1997
Kowloon West width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" | Frederick Fung
ADPL 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" | Kowloon West width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" | Frederick Fung
ADPL 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | James To
United Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Kowloon Southwest width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | James To
Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
Kowloon Central width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Lau Chin-shek
United Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | Lee Cheuk-yan
CTU 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions/meta/color" | Kowloon South width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Lau Chin-shek
Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Lam Kui-shing
United Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:United Democrats of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Kowloon Central width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" | Bruce Liu
ADPL 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" |

Return Members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon East constituency. The number of seats allocated to London has been increased from 3 to 4 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement.

Returned members

Below are all the members since the creation of the Kowloon West constituency. The number of seats allocated to Kowloon West has been increased from 3 to 5 between 1998 and 2008 due to the enlargement. Councillors representing this area include:

LegCo members for Kowloon West, 1998 onwards
Election 1998 (1st LegCo) 2000 (2nd LegCo) 2004 (3rd LegCo) 2008 (4th LegCo) 2010 by-election
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | Lau Chin-shek
Democrat (1998-2000) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:League of Social Democrats/meta/color" | Raymond Wong
LSD (2008-2011)
People Power (2011-) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:People Power (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | James To
Democrat 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Jasper Tsang
DAB 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" | Starry Lee
DAB 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		New Seat width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" | Frederick Fung
ADPL 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood/meta/color" |
Councilor
Party 		New Seat Priscilla Leung
Professional Forum (2008-) 		width=1px style="background-color: Template:Professional Forum/meta/color" |

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.

2010 by-election

By-election 2010: Kowloon West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LSD Raymond Wong Yuk-man 60,395 67.8
Pamela Peck Wan-kam 16,640 18.7
Wong Weng-chi 3,429 3.8
Chiang Sai-cheong 3,109 3.5
Shea Kai-chuen 2,517 2.8
Kenneth Cheung Kam-chung 1,869 2.1
Lam Yi-lai 1,069 1.2
Kwok Shiu-ming 91 0.1
Turnout 89,119 21.13
LSD hold Swing

2008

Legislative Election 2008: Kowloon West[3]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Starry Lee Wai-king
Chung Kong-mo, Chan Wai-ming, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun 		39,013 18.9 -8.2
LSD Raymond Wong Yuk-man
Lee Wai-yee 		37,553 18.2 N/A
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Rosanda Mok Ka-han, Tsung Po-shan, Wong Chi Yung, Yeung Chun-yu 		35,440 17.2 -3.3
Democratic James To Kun-sun
Lam Ho-yeung 		29,690 14.4 -12.2
Priscilla Leung Mei-fun
Edward Leung Wai-keun, Aaron Lam Ka-fai 		19,914 9.6 N/A
Civic Claudia Mo Man-ching, Ng Yuet-lan, Tang Chi-ying 17,259 8.4 N/A
Liberal Michael Tien Puk-sun, Ho Hin-ming 13,011 6.3 N/A
Lau Chin-shek 10,553 5.1 N/A
Independent Tam Hoi-pong 1,603 0.8 N/A
Nonpartisan Francis Chong Wing-charn 1,076 0.5 N/A
Southern Democratic Alliance James Lung Wai-man, Bantawa Sukra 591 0.3 N/A
Lam Yi-lai 590 0.3 N/A
Lau Yuk-shing, Nandeed Cheung Kit-fung, David Tsui 290 0.1 N/A
Turnout 206,583 47.18 -7.56

2004

Legislative Election 2004: Kowloon West[4]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-shing
Chung Kong-mo, Starry Lee Wai-king 		61,770 27.1 +3.6
Democratic James To Kun-sun
Chan Ka-wai, Lam Ho-yeung, Ma Kee 		60,539 26.6 -14.7
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee 45,649 20.5 -14.7
Lau Chin-shek 43,460 19.1 N/A
ADPL Liu Sing-lee 13,452 5.9 N/A
Lau Yuk-shing, Leung Suet-fong, Lau Po-kwan 1,824 0.8 N/A
Turnout 227,694 54.74 +12.60

2000

Legislative Election 2000: Kowloon West[5]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun 73,540 41.3 -13.75
ADPL Frederick Fung Kin-kee
Liu Sing-lee 		62,717 35.2 +15.95
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-shing
Chung Kong Mo, Pun Kwok Wah, Wong Wai Chuen 		41,942 23.5 +1.77
Turnout 178,199 42.14 -9.09

1998

Legislative Election 1998: Kowloon West[6]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Democratic Lau Chin-shek, James To Kun-sun
Wong Chong-Ki Eric 		115,251 55,05
DAB Jasper Tsang Yok-shing
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 Chiang Sai Cheong Ringo, Chan Noi Yue, Li King Wah Edward 5,854 2.85
Atlas Alliance Chung Yee Fong Helen 2,302 1.12
Turnout 205,401 50.23

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kowloon West Constituency". Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2010by/eng/results_LC2.html
  3. ^ "2008 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  4. ^ "2004 Legislative Election". Electoral Affairs Commission. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ http://www.elections.gov.hk/elections/legco2000/update/result/index_c.htm
  6. ^ http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199805/25/0525201.htm

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