Social Welfare (constituency)
| Social Welfare 社會福利界 | |
|---|---|
|
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
| Electorate | 12,519 (2008)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Cheung Kwok-che (Labour) |
The Social Welfare, formerly called Social Services, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. Electors include all the registered social workers.
Return Members
Social Services (1988–95)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hui Yin-fat | ||
Social Welfare (1995 to present)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98) | |||
| 1998 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic | |
| 2004 | Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung | Nonpartisan | |
| 2006 | Civic | ||
| 2008 | Cheung Kwok-che | SWGU/ADPL | |
| 2011 | Labour/SWGU | ||
Electoral Results
2010s
[2]| Hong Kong legislative election, 2012: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
2000s
[3]| Hong Kong legislative election, 2008: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 5,334 | 66.04 | +27.80 | |
| Democratic | Tik Chi-yuen | 2,743 | 33.96 | ||
| Turnout | 8,756 | 69.94 | |||
| Hong Kong legislative election, 2004: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Nonpartisan gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Hong Kong legislative election, 2000: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 3061 | 65.93 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Leung Yuet-ming | 1582 | 34.07 | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
[5]| Hong Kong legislative election, 1998: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | uncontested | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
| Hong Kong legislative election, 1995: Social Welfare | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 1,115 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Chow Wing-sang | 625 | |||
| Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | ||||
| Hong Kong legislative election, 1991: Social Services | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
1980s
| Hong Kong legislative election, 1988: Social Services | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | uncontested | |||
| Nonpartisan hold | Swing | ||||
| Hong Kong legislative election, 1985: Social Services | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | 76 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Mak Hoi-wah | 41 | |||
| Nonpartisan | Chan Sau-han | 22 | |||
| Turnout | 141 | 97.2 | |||
| Nonpartisan win (new seat) | |||||