Social Welfare (constituency)
The Social Welfare functional constituency (Chinese: 社會福利界功能界別), formerly called Social Services, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. Electors include all the registered social workers. It has been one of the few functional constituencies where the pro-democrats have maintained a stronghold. It is currently held by Shiu Ka-chun.
| Social Welfare 社會福利界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
 Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  |
| Electorate | 12,519 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Shiu Ka-chun |
Return members
Social Services (1988–95)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hui Yin-fat | Nonpartisan | |
Social Welfare (1995 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| Not represented in Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98) | |||
| 1998 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| 2004 | Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung | Nonpartisan | |
| 2006 | Civic | ||
| 2008 | Cheung Kwok-che | SWGU/ADPL | |
| 2011 | Labour/SWGU | ||
| 2016 | Shiu Ka-chun | Independent | |
Electoral results
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Shiu Ka-chun | 4,603 | 40.79 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yip Kin-chung | 3,858 | 34.19 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Kwan Yui-huen | 1,255 | 11.12 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Tsang Kin-chiu | 1,011 | 8.96 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Sing-chi | 557 | 4.94 | ||
| Majority | 745 | 6.60 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,284 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 280 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,564 | 83.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,824 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWGU (Labour) | Cheung Kwok-che | 9,078 | 89.08 | +23.04 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chan Yee-fei | 1,113 | 10.92 | ||
| Majority | 6,335 | 78.16 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,191 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 748 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,939 | 77.62 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,093 | ||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 5,334 | 66.04 | +27.80 | |
| Democratic | Tik Chi-yuen | 2,743 | 33.96 | ||
| Majority | 2,591 | 32.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,077 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 507 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,584 | 68.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,519 | ||||
| SWGU gain from Civic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Cheung Chiu-hung | 3,263 | 39.01 | ||
| SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 3,199 | 38.24 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Christine Fong Meng-sang | 1,903 | 22.75 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 0.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,365 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 181 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,546 | 82.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,405 | ||||
| Nonpartisan gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 3,061 | 65.93 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Leung Yuet-ming | 1,582 | 34.07 | ||
| Majority | 1,479 | 31.86 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,643 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 522 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,165 | 65.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,858 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | Uncontested | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 1,115 | 64.08 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chow Wing-sang | 625 | 35.92 | ||
| Majority | 490 | 28.16 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,740 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | 76 | 54.68 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Mak Hoi-wah | 41 | 29.50 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Sau-han | 22 | 15.83 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 25.18 | |||
| Total valid votes | 139 | 100.00 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
References
- 2008 Legislative Council Election
- 2016 Legislative Council Election
- 2012 Legislative Council Election
- 2008 Legislative Council Election
- 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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