Lai Wah (constituency)

Lai Wah
Elected constituency
for the Kwai Tsing District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Lai Wah in Kwai Tsing District
DistrictKwai Tsing
Legislative Council constituencyNew Territories South West
Population15,916 (2019)[1]
Electorate8,686 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created2003
Number of membersOne
Member(s)vacant
Created fromWah Fung

Lai Wah is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was created in 2003. Its boundary is loosely based on the Lai Yan Court and Wah Lai Estate.

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
2003 Lee Wing-tat Democratic
2007
2011 Chu Lai-ling DAB
2015
2019 Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu→vacant CivicIndependent

Election results

2010s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2019: Lai Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic (PfD) Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu 3,613 56.18
DAB Chu Lai-ling 2,818 43.82
Majority 795 12.36
Turnout 6,460 74.39
Civic gain from DAB Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2015: Lai Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chu Lai-ling Unopposed
DAB hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2011: Lai Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Chu Lai-ling 1,923 50.1 +11.4
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 1,582 41.2 −19.2
People Power (Power Voters) Ray Chan Chi-chuen 333 8.7
DAB gain from Democratic Swing +15.3

2000s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2007: Lai Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 1,349 60.4 −2.1
DAB Yeung Man-tat 885 39.6 +18.7
Democratic hold Swing -10.4
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2003: Lai Wah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Wing-tat 2,310 62.5
DAB Chan Chan-chung 772 20.9
Nonpartisan Poon Su-kei 615 16.6
Democratic win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2019-11-16.