West Coast Group Representation Constituency

West Coast

Malay: *Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan West Coast*
Chinese: 西海岸集选区
Tamil: வெஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி
Malay:	Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan West Coast
Chinese:	西海岸集选区
Tamil:	வெஸ்ட் கோஸ்ட் குழுத்தொகுதி
	Group Representation Constituency; for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	West Region, Singapore
Electorate	146,251
Current constituency
Created	1997
Seats	5
Party	People's Action Party
Member(s)	S Iswaran; Desmond Lee Ti-Seng; Foo Mee Har; Rachel Ong Sin Yen; Ang Wei Neng
Town Council	West Coast
Created from	Brickworks GRC; Tanjong Pagar GRC;

The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC is divided into five divisions and is a constituency held by the People's Action Party. The five divisions are Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah. West Coast GRC covers the areas of Ayer Rajah, Dover, Pasir Panjang, the south-western area, West Coast, Jurong, Jurong Island, Sentosa, Telok Blangah, Tuas and much of Singapore's southern & western territorial waters and offshore islands in the area. Which includes southern islands like Kusu Island, Lazarus Island, Pulau Seringat, Pulau Tekukor, Saint John's Island, Sentosa and the two Sisters' Islands.

West Coast GRC is being anchored by 2 full ministers, with Communications and Information Minister and the minister overseeing Trade Relations and Cyber Security matters S Iswaran where he made his debut for politics and the other is Desmond Lee. Lee is the National Development Minister & Minister for Social Service Integration in the Ministry of Social and Family Development (Singapore).

History

The constituency was a four-member GRC in 1997 and was expanded to five, when the constituency was redrawn to include the areas of the now defunct Boon Lay Single Member Constituency and the Jurong area of Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency. In 2006, West Coast again absorbed Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency and merged with Minister of State's S Iswaran's West Coast seat to form the Ayer Rajah-West Coast division. In 2011, Cedric Foo's Pioneer ward was crafted out a single member constituency, while the Jurong Industrial, Jurong Island and Tuas had been absorbed into Ayer Rajah's constituency. In 2015, the GRC was downsized to four members after the Clementi division was transferred to the nearby Jurong GRC. The constituency was increased to five seats ahead of the 2020, after the Nanyang division of Chua Chu Kang GRC and the Jurong West section of Hong Kah North SMC were merged into the constituency.

The constituency faced a contest against the Workers' Party in the 1997 general election. The constituency received walkovers in the 2001 and 2006 general elections. A team of Reform Party of Singapore, led by secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam, challenged the PAP in the 2011 elections, and again in 2015.

Former Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang was the anchor minister of the GRC until his retirement from the cabinet in 2018. In 2011, the GRC was led by Lim and S Iswaran. Regarded as a test bed for new PAP candidates, from 2011 to 2015, Lawrence Wong was the semi-anchor minister of West Coast GRC, before moving to Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC. From 2015 to 2020, Patrick Tay was also the MP for Boon Lay before moving to Pioneer SMC to replace retiring Cedric Foo. In 2020, Desmond Lee was moved to the constituency from Jurong Spring. This GRC was the most marginal constituency in the 2020 general election, won by the PAP with just 51.68% of the votes over the PSP.

West Coast GRC's town council head office is located at Clementi.

West Coast GRC with Pioneer SMC are under the same town council,West Coast Town Council.

Members of Parliament

Election	Division	Incumbent	Party
1991	Clementi (Brickworks GRC) West Coast (Brickworks GRC) Telok Blangah (Tanjong Pagar GRC)	Bernard Chen Wan Soon Bee Lim Hng Kiang		PAP
Formation
1997	Clementi Pasir Panjang Telok Blangah West Coast	Bernard Chen S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Wan Soon Bee		PAP
2001	Boon Lay Clementi Pioneer Telok Blangah West Coast	Ho Geok Choo Madeleine Arthur Jen Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran		PAP
2006	Boon Lay Clementi Pioneer Telok Blangah West Coast - Ayer Rajah	Ho Geok Choo Madeleine Arthur Jen Fong Cedric Foo Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran		PAP
2011	Ayer Rajah Boon Lay Clementi Telok Blangah West Coast	Foo Mee Har Lawrence Wong Arthur Jen Fong Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran		PAP
2015	Ayer Rajah Boon Lay Telok Blangah West Coast	Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay Teck Guan Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran		PAP
2020	Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh Boon Lay Nanyang Telok Blangah West Coast	Foo Mee Har Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Ang Wei Neng Rachel Ong Sin Yen S Iswaran		PAP

Candidates and Results

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: West Coast GRC[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Bernard Chen Wan Soon Bee	48,275	70.14	N/A
	WP	Mike Chan D'Cruz Anthony John Gan Eng Guan Ng Teck Siong	20,550	29.86	N/A
Majority			27,725	40.2	N/A
Turnout			70,587	95.4	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2001: West Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Lim Hng Khiang Cedric Foo Arthur Fong Madeline Ho	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			110,779		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2006: West Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Lim Hng Khiang Cedric Foo Arthur Fong Madeline Ho	N/A	Walkover
Turnout			137,739		N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2011: West Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Arthur Jen Fong Lawrence Wong Foo Mee Har	72,563	66.66	N/A
	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Frankie Low Kumar Appavoo Haren Hu	36,443	33.34	N/A
Majority			36,120	33.2	N/A
Turnout			111,827	92.4	N/A
	PAP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 2015: West Coast GRC
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Lim Hng Kiang Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay	71,091	78.57	11.91
	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Darren Soh Noraini Yunus	19,392	21.43	11.91
Majority			51,699	57.1	23.9
Rejected ballots			2,415	1.83	-
Turnout			92,898	93.6	1.2
	PAP hold		Swing	11.91

Elections in 2020s

General Election 2020: West Coast GRC[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	S Iswaran Desmond Lee Ti-Seng Foo Mee Har Rachel Ong Sin Yen Ang Wei Neng	71,658	51.68	26.89
	PSP	Tan Cheng Bock Hazel Poa Nadarajah Loganathan Jeffrey Khoo Leong Mun Wai	66,996	48.32	48.32
Majority			4,662	3.36	53.74
Rejected ballots			1,645	1.17	0.66
Turnout			140,299	95.8	2.2
Registered electors			146,251
	PAP hold		Swing	26.89

References

"1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 19 October 2020.
"Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of West Coast" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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[1] "1997 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[2] "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of West Coast" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2020.