Wai Ying (constituency)

Wai Ying
Elected Constituency
for the Kwai Tsing District Council

Outline map

Boundary of Wai Ying in Kwai Tsing District
Region Kwai Tsing District
Electorate 9,286[1]
Current constituency
Created 2003
Number of members One
Member(s) Alice Mak (FTU)
Created from Wai Hoi

Wai Ying, formerly called Wai Hoi, is one of the 29 constituencies in the Kwai Tsing District in Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Kwai Tsing District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by legislative councillor Alice Mak of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Wai Ying constituency is loosely based on Tierra Verde, Tivoli Garden and Broadview Garden in Tsing Yi with an estimated population of 19,853.[2]

Councillors represented

Wai Hoi (1999-2003)

ElectionMemberParty
1999 Alice Mak Independent

Wai Ying (2003 to present)

ElectionMemberParty
2003 Alice Mak Independent
2007 FTU

Election results

2010s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2015: Wai Ying
Party Candidate Votes % ±
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen uncontested
FTU hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2011: Wai Ying[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
FTU Alice Mak Mei-kuen 2,404 65.9 -10.1
Civic Koo Man-hon 1,242 34.1
FTU hold Swing

2000s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2007: Wai Ying[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Alice Mak Mei-kuen 2,216 76.0 +5.1
Independent Fung Siu-ping 701 24.0
Independent hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2003: Wai Ying[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Alice Mak Mei-kuen 2,386 70.9 +24.3
Independent Chan Wai-tong 981 29.1
Independent hold Swing
Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 1999: Wai Hoi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Alice Mak Mei-kuen 1,306 46.6
Independent Alice Ho Pui-yin 556 19.8
Democratic Wong Kwong-mo 535 19.1
TYRA Tang Yuk-choi 392 14.0
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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