The Textiles and Garment functional constituency (Chinese: 紡織及製衣界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, first created in 1995 as one of the nine new functional constituencies under the electoral reform, carried out by the then Governor Chris Patten in which the electorate consisted of total 60,568 eligible voters related to the textile and garment industry. It was abolished by the colonial Legislative Council and dissolved after the transfer of the sovereignty in 1997.
| Textiles and Garment 紡織及製衣界 | |
|---|---|
| Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Electorate | 348 (2021)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1995 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Sunny Tan (BPA) |
The constituency was recreated for the 1998 Legislative Council election unless its electorate base has been narrowed which is composed of textiles and garment associations and traders only. After a major electoral overhaul in 2021, the registered voters are restricted from 1,607 in 2016 to 348 corporate voters of the designated associations.[2]
Composition edit
The Textiles and Garment functional constituency is composed of—
- corporate members of the Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited entitled to vote at general meetings of the Council; and
- corporate members of each of the following bodies entitled to vote at general meetings of the body—
- The Federation of Hong Kong Cotton Weavers;
- The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers;
- Hong Kong Chinese Textile Mills Association;
- The Hongkong Cotton Spinners Association;
- Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd.;
- Hongkong Knitwear Exporters & Manufacturers Association Limited; (Amended 11 of 2019 s. 5)
- Hong Kong Woollen & Synthetic Knitting Manufacturers’ Association Ltd.;
- The Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers Limited;
- The Hong Kong Weaving Mills Association;
- The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited.[2]
Return members edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Leung Yiu-chung | Independent (NWSC)→Frontier | |
| Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998) | |||
| 1998 | Sophie Leung | Liberal | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2008 | Liberal→Independent→Economic Synergy | ||
| 2012 | Felix Chung | Liberal | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Sunny Tan | Nonpartisan→BPA | |
Electoral results edit
2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Sunny Tan | 172 | 67.72 | ||
| Liberal | Chung Kwok-pan | 82 | 32.28 | −43.64 | |
| Majority | 90 | 35.44 | −16.40 | ||
| Total valid votes | 254 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | ||||
| Turnout | 256 | 79.26 | +5.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 348 | ||||
| Nonpartisan gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
2010s edit
[3]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chung Kwok-pan | 1,138 | 75.92 | +19.85 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kenny Yang Si-kit | 361 | 24.08 | ||
| Majority | 777 | 51.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,499 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 52 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,551 | 73.79 | +0.93 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,102 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chung Kwok-pan | 1,076 | 56.07 | +19.91 | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry Tan | 843 | 43.93 | ||
| Majority | 233 | 100.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,919 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 153 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,072 | 72.86 | +17.31 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,844 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Economic Synergy | Swing | ||||
2000s edit
[5]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun | 1,255 | 63.84 | −14.10 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chung Kwok-pan | 711 | 36.16 | ||
| Majority | 544 | 27.68 | |||
| Total valid votes | 1,966 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 95 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,061 | 55.55 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,710 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun | 1,816 | 77.94 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Kwan Kam-yuen | 514 | 22.06 | ||
| Majority | 1,302 | 55.88 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,330 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 100 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,430 | 62.40 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,894 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,697 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
1990s edit
[7]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sophie Leung Lau Yau-fun | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,739 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Leung Yiu-chung | 10,472 | 49.44 | ||
| FTU | Chan Kwok-keung | 5,116 | 24.15 | ||
| Independent | Ng Ching-man | 2,957 | 13.96 | ||
| LDF | Chan Ming-kit | 2,638 | 12.45 | ||
| Majority | 5,356 | 25.29 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,183 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1,941 | ||||
| Turnout | 23,124 | 38.18 | |||
| Registered electors | 60,568 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ a b "Cap. 542 Legislative Council Ordinance". E-Legislation.
- ^ 2012 Legislative Council Election
- ^ 2012 Legislative Council Election
- ^ "2008 Legislative Council Election". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ 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