Wong Uk (constituency)

Wong Uk
Elected constituency for the Sha Tin District Council
Boundary of Wong Uk in Sha Tin District
District	Sha Tin
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North East
Population	17,502 (2019)[1]
Electorate	8,742 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Wong Uk is one of the 41 constituencies in the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sha Tin District Council, with an election every four years.

The Wong Uk constituency is loosely based on Wong Uk Village, Belair Gardens and Prince of Wales Hospital in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, with an estimated population of 17,502.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1991	George Wong Fuk-wah	Meeting Point→Democratic
	1994	Wong Yiu-sang	Democratic
	1999	Leung Chi-wai	Liberal
	2003
	2007
	2011
	2015	Lai Tsz-yan→Vacant	Independent
	2019		Community Sha Tin→Independent

Election results

2010s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2019: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Sha Tin	Lai Tsz-yan	4,440	66.72	+14.52
	Nonpartisan	Leung Chi-wai	2,215	33.28	−14.52
Majority			2,225	33.44
Turnout			6,700	76.64
	Community Sha Tin hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2015: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lai Tsz-yan	2,111	52.2
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	1,936	47.8
Majority			175	4.4
Turnout			4,048	49.7
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2011: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

2000s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2007: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	1,472	44.3	−14.8
	Independent	Cheung Tak-ming	995	30.0	−10.9
	Democratic	Chow Wai-tung	854	25.7
Majority			477	14.3	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Council Election, 2003: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	1,956	59.1	+8.0
	Civil Force	Cheung Tak-ming	1,352	40.9	−8.0
Majority			604	8.2	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.0

1990s

Sha Tin District Council Election, 1999: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	1,256	51.1
	Civil Force	Cheung Tak-ming	1,200	48.9
Majority			56	1.2	+0.8
	Liberal gain from Democratic		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1994: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wong Yiu-sang	1,302	50.2	−3.2
	Liberal	Leung Chi-wai	1,291	49.8
Majority			11	0.4	−16.8
	Democratic hold		Swing

Sha Tin District Board Election, 1991: Wong Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Meeting Point	George Wong Fuk-wah	845	53.4
	United Democrats	Joe Wong Tak-chuen	573	36.2
	Independent	Chan Chun-kwan	163	10.3
Majority			272	17.2
	Meeting Point 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 9 May 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.