Un Chau (constituency)

Un Chau (Chinese: 元州) is one of the 25 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District.

Un Chau
Elected Constituency
for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Boundary of Un Chau in Sham Shui Po District
DistrictSham Shui Po
Legislative Council constituencyKowloon West
Population18,422 (2019)[1]
Electorate10,707 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994 (first time)
2019 (second time)
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Lee Hon-ting (ADPL)
Created fromUn Chau & So Uk

First created in 1994 District Board election and was abolished in 2011 due to the redevelopment of Un Chau Estate and resettlement of the population. It was re-created from Un Chau & So Uk for the 2019 District Council elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Sham Shui Po District Council, with an election every four years.

Un Chau loosely covers part of the public housing estate Un Chau Estate in Cheung Sha Wan. It has projected population of 18,422.[3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Luk Ka-ming ADPL
1997 Democratic
2003 Chum Tak-shing ADPL
2011 Constituency abolished
2019 Lee Hon-ting ADPL

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2019: Un Chau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Howard Lee Hon-ting 3,960 53.61
DAB Samuel Chan Wai-ming 3,427 46.39
Majority 533 7.22
Turnout 7,432 69.48
ADPL win (new seat)

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2007: So Uk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Chum Tak-shing 2,420 58.23 +1.19
DAB Tam Chiu-yee 1,736 41.77 +26.75
Majority 684 16.46
ADPL hold Swing
Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2003: So Uk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Chum Tak-shing 2,677 57.04 +16.91
Democratic Luk Ka-ming 1,311 27.94 −14.77
DAB Tam Chiu-yee 705 15.02 −2.13
Majority 1,366 22.10
ADPL gain from Democratic Swing +15.84

1990s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 1999: So Uk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Luk Ka-ming 1,285 42.71
ADPL Chum Tak-shing 1,208 40.15 −19.25
DAB Ngai Ho-yin 516 17.15
Majority 77 2.56
Democratic hold Swing
Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1994: So Uk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ADPL Luk Ka-ming 1,285 59.40
Independent Lo Shuk-wai 1,067 40.60
Majority 494 18.80
ADPL win (new seat)

References

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