The Social Welfare functional constituency (Chinese: 社會福利界功能界別), formerly called Social Services, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The constituency was first created as one of the original 12 functional constituency seats for the first ever Legislative Council election in 1985.
| Social Welfare 社會福利界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 13,974 (2021)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Tik Chi-yuen (Third Side) |
It is one of the functional constituencies with the most electorates. As of 2021, there were 13,974 registered voters, including all the social workers registered under the Social Workers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 505). It had also been one of the few functional constituencies held by the pro-democrats before 2021.
Return members edit
Social Services (1988–1995) edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hui Yin-fat | Nonpartisan | |
| 1988 | |||
| 1991 | |||
Social Welfare (1995–present) edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| Not represented in PLC (1997–98) | |||
| 1998 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | Fernando Cheung | Nonpartisan→Civic | |
| 2008 | Cheung Kwok-che | SWGU/ADPL→Labour/SWGU | |
| 2012 | Labour/SWGU | ||
| 2016 | Shiu Ka-chun | Independent | |
| 2021 | Tik Chi-yuen | Third Side | |
Electoral results edit
2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Side | Tik Chi-yuen | 1,400 | 56.73 | ||
| DAB | Chu Lai-ling | 872 | 35.33 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yip Cham-kai | 196 | 7.94 | ||
| Majority | 528 | 21.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,468 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 245 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,713 | 19.41 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,974 | ||||
| Third Side gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2010s edit
[2]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Shiu Ka-chun | 4,603 | 40.79 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Yip Kin-chung | 3,858 | 34.19 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Kwan Yui-huen | 1,255 | 11.12 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Tsang Kin-chiu | 1,011 | 8.96 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Wong Sing-chi | 557 | 4.94 | ||
| Majority | 745 | 6.60 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,284 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 280 | ||||
| Turnout | 11,564 | 83.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 13,824 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWGU (Labour) | Cheung Kwok-che | 9,078 | 89.08 | +23.04 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chan Yee-fei | 1,113 | 10.92 | ||
| Majority | 6,335 | 78.16 | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,191 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 748 | ||||
| Turnout | 10,939 | 77.62 | |||
| Registered electors | 14,093 | ||||
2000s edit
[4]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 5,334 | 66.04 | +27.80 | |
| Democratic | Tik Chi-yuen | 2,743 | 33.96 | ||
| Majority | 2,591 | 32.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,077 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 507 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,584 | 68.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,519 | ||||
| SWGU gain from Civic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Cheung Chiu-hung | 3,263 | 39.01 | ||
| SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 3,199 | 38.24 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Christine Fong Meng-sang | 1,903 | 22.75 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 0.77 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,365 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 181 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,546 | 82.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,405 | ||||
| Nonpartisan gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 3,061 | 65.93 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Leung Yuet-ming | 1,582 | 34.07 | ||
| Majority | 1,479 | 31.86 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,643 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 522 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,165 | 65.73 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,858 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
1990s edit
[6]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | Unopposed | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 1,115 | 64.08 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chow Wing-sang | 625 | 35.92 | ||
| Majority | 490 | 28.16 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,740 | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | 612 | 29.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,082 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 181 | ||||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
1980s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Unopposed | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | 76 | 54.68 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Mak Hoi-wah | 41 | 29.50 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Sau-han | 22 | 15.83 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 25.18 | |||
| Total valid votes | 139 | 100.00 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ 2016 Legislative Council Election
- ^ 2012 Legislative Council Election
- ^ 2008 Legislative Council Election
- ^ 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine