The Labour functional constituency (Chinese: 勞工界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the 1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds to the Labour Subsector in the Election Committee. The constituency is composed of 697 bodies that are trade unions of which all the voting members are employees.[2]
Labour 勞工界 | |
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Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
Country | ![]() |
Electorate | 697 (2021)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Number of members | Three |
Member(s) | Chau Siu-chung (FLU) Kwok Wai-keung (FTU) Dennis Leung (FTU) |
The constituency composed of two seats when it first created by in 1985 as two of the 12 original functional constituency seats. It was held by the two largest labour unions at that time, the pro-Communist Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Nationalist Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council (TUC). Since 1998, the constituency composed of three seats, two occupied by the FTU and one occupied by the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU), both pro-Beijing.
Return members
edit1985–1997 (2 seats)
editElection | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Pang Chun-hoi | TUC | Tam Yiu-chung | FTU | ||
1988 | ||||||
1991 | ||||||
1995 | Lee Kai-ming | FLU | Cheng Yiu-tong | FTU |
1998–present (3 seats)
editElection | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Lee Kai-ming | FLU | Chan Wing-chan | DAB | Chan Kwok-keung | FTU | |||
2000 | Li Fung-ying | FLU | Leung Fu-wah | FTU | DAB | ||||
2004 | Kwong Chi-kin | FTU | Wong Kwok-hing | FTU | |||||
2008 | Ip Wai-ming | FTU | Pan Pey-chyou | FTU | |||||
2012 | Poon Siu-ping | FLU | Kwok Wai-keung | FTU | Tang Ka-piu | FTU | |||
2016 | Ho Kai-ming | FTU | Luk Chung-hung | FTU | |||||
2021 | Chau Siu-chung | FLU | Kwok Wai-keung | FTU | Dennis Leung | FTU |
Electoral results
editThe plurality-at-large voting system is used and the elected candidates are shown in bold.
2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTU | Kwok Wai-keung | 398 | |||
FTU | Dennis Leung Tsz-wing | 373 | |||
FLU | Chau Siu-chung | 371 | |||
Nonpartisan | Lee Kwong-yu | 116 | |||
Total valid votes | |||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Turnout | 488 | 73.72 | |||
Registered electors | 697 | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FLU hold | Swing |
2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FLU | Poon Siu-ping | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Ho Kai-ming | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Luk Chung-hung | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 668 | ||||
FLU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTU | Kwok Wai-keung | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Tang Ka-piu | Unopposed | |||
FLU | Poon Siu-ping | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 646 | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FLU hold | Swing |
2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan (FLU) | Li Fung-ying | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Ip Wai-ming | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Pan Pey-chyou | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 596 | ||||
FLU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan (FLU) | Li Fung-ying | 322 | 32.43 | ||
FTU | Kwong Chi-kin | 288 | 29.00 | ||
FTU (DAB) | Wong Kwok-hing | 278 | 27.80 | ||
Nonpartisan | Chan Kwok-keung | 105 | 10.57 | ||
Turnout | 461 | 88.82 | |||
Registered electors | 519 | ||||
FLU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan (FLU) | Li Fung-ying | 283 | 32.53 | ||
Nonpartisan (FTU) | Leung Fu-wah | 259 | 29.77 | ||
DAB | Chan Kwok-keung | 226 | 25.98 | ||
TUC | Leung Suet-fong | 102 | 11.72 | ||
Turnout | 380 | 91.13 | |||
Registered electors | 417 | ||||
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
DAB hold | Swing |
1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan (FLU) | Lee Kai-ming | 212 | 27.32 | ||
DAB | Chan Wing-chan | 212 | 27.32 | ||
Nonpartisan (FTU) | Chan Kwok-keung | 204 | 26.29 | ||
Nonpartisan (TUC) | Chan Yun-che | 99 | 12.76 | ||
Nonpartisan | Ng Yat-wah | 49 | 6.31 | ||
Turnout | 339 | 93.91 | |||
Registered electors | 361 | ||||
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
DAB gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
Nonpartisan win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTU | Cheng Yiu-tong | 684 | 43.07 | ||
Nonpartisan (FLU) | Lee Kai-ming | 533 | 33.56 | ||
TUC | Lee Kwok-keung | 262 | 16.50 | ||
Independent | Luk Wun-cheung | 109 | 6.86 | ||
Turnout | 1,080 | 91.60 | |||
Registered electors | 1,179 | ||||
FTU hold | Swing | ||||
FLU gain from TUC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUC | Pang Chun-hoi | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Tam Yiu-chung | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 378 | ||||
TUC hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUC | Pang Chun-hoi | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Tam Yiu-chung | Unopposed | |||
TUC hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUC | Pang Chun-hoi | Unopposed | |||
FTU | Tam Yiu-chung | Unopposed | |||
TUC hold | Swing | ||||
FTU hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election - Election Results". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Legislative Council Elections Results". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.