Yau Yat Tsuen (constituency)

Yau Yat Tsuen
Elected Constituency
for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Region Sham Shui Po District
Electorate 5,905[1]
Current constituency
Created 2007
Number of members One
Member(s) Dominic Lee (Liberal)
Created from Tai Hang Tung & Yau Yat Tsuen

Yau Yat Tsuen is one of the 21 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District of Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Sham Shui Po District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Dominic Lee Tsz-king of the Liberal Party (LP).

Derived from Tai Hang Tung & Yau Yat Tsuen in 2007, Yau Yat Tsuen constituency is loosely based on residential areas Tak Chee Yuen, Yau Yat Tsuen, Mount Beacon and the City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong with estimated population of 16,484.[2]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
2007 Kwok Chun-wah Independent
2012 Economic Synergy
2012 BPA
2015 Dominic Lee Tsz-king Liberal

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2015: Yau Yat Tsuen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Dominic Lee Tsz-king 2,277 69.9
LSD Dickson Chau Ka-faat 982 30.1
Majority 1,295 39.8 –4.9
Turnout 3,318 56.2
Liberal gain from BPA Swing
Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2011: Yau Yat Tsuen[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent (Economic Synergy) Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah 1,451 72.33 +14.11
ADPL Lee Kin-kan 555 27.67 −14.11
Majority 896 44.67 +31.12
Independent hold Swing +14.11

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2007: Yau Yat Tsuen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah 1,031 58.22
ADPL Leung Kam-tao 740 41.78
Majority 291 13.55
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. "2015 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 25 September 2015.
  2. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 22 September 2015.
  3. "Election Results - Sham Shui Po". Hong Kong Government. 7 November 2011.
  4. "Election Results - Sham Shui Po". Hong Kong Government. 19 June 2012.
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