Textiles and Garment (constituency)

The Textiles and Garment functional constituency (Chinese: 紡織及製衣界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform, carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten in which the electorate consisted of total 60,568 eligible voters related to the textile and garment industry. It was abolished with the colonial Legislative Council and dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.

Textiles and Garment
紡織及製衣界
Functional Constituency
for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Electorate1,607 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created1995
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Chung Kwok-pan (Liberal)

The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed which is composed of Textiles and Garment associations only.

Current composition

The textiles and garment functional constituency is composed of-

  • corporate members of the Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited
  • corporate members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body;
    • The Federation of Hong Kong Cotton Weavers;
    • The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers;
    • Hong Kong Chinese Textile Mills Association;
    • The Hong Kong Cotton Made-up Goods Manufacturers Association, Limited;
    • The Hong Kong Cotton Spinners Association;
    • Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
    • Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters & Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
    • Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers' Association Ltd.;
    • The Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers Limited;
    • The Hong Kong Weaving Mills Association;
    • The Hong Kong Wool and Synthetic Spinners Association Limited;
    • The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited;
  • members of the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Institution
  • Textiles & Clothing manufacturers
  • textiles traders.

Return members
ElectionMemberParty
1995 Leung Yiu-chung Independent (NWSC)
1996 Frontier/NWSC
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
1998 Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Liberal
2008 Independent
2009 Economic Synergy
2012 Felix Chung Kwok-pan Liberal

Electoral results

2010s

[2]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chung Kwok-pan 1,138 75.92 +19.85
Nonpartisan Kenny Yang Si-kit 361 24.08
Majority 777 51.84
Total valid votes 1,499 100.00
Rejected ballots 52
Turnout 1,551 73.79 +0.93
Registered electors 2,102
Liberal hold Swing

[3]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Chung Kwok-pan 1,076 56.07 +19.91
Nonpartisan Henry Tan 843 43.93
Majority 233 100.00
Total valid votes 1,919 100.00
Rejected ballots 153
Turnout 2,072 72.86 +17.31
Registered electors 2,844
Liberal hold Swing

2000s

[4]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun 1,255 63.84 −14.10
Nonpartisan Chung Kwok-pan 711 36.16
Majority 544 27.68
Total valid votes 1,966 100.00
Rejected ballots 95
Turnout 2,061 55.55
Registered electors 3,710
Liberal hold Swing

[5]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun 1,816 77.94
Nonpartisan Kwan Kam-yuen 514 22.06
Majority 1,302 55.88
Total valid votes 2,330 100.00
Rejected ballots 100
Turnout 2,430 62.40
Registered electors 3,894
Liberal hold Swing

[6]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun Uncontested
Liberal hold Swing
1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Textiles and Garment
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leung Yiu-chung 10,472 49.44
FTU Chan Kwok-keung 5,116 24.15
Independent Ng Ching-man 2,957 13.96
LDF Chan Ming-kit 2,638 12.45
Majority 5,356 25.29
Total valid votes 21,183 100.00
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
  2. 2012 Legislative Council Election
  3. 2012 Legislative Council Election
  4. "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  5. 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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