Health Services (constituency)

The Health Services functional constituency (Chinese: 衞生服務界功能界別), formerly called the Health, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created for the 1988 Legislative Council election. The constituency is composed of health services related professionals with one of the larger number of electorates among the functional constituencies. It has been a stronghold of the pro-democracy camp, holding the seat since its creation.

Health Services 衞生服務界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	40,471 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Health

Composition

The Health Services functional constituency is composed of chiropractors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, medical laboratory technologists, radiographers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, optometrists, dental hygienists, audiologists, audiology technicians, chiropodists, dental surgery assistants, dental technicians, dental technologists, dental therapists, dietitians, dispensers, mould laboratory technicians, orthoptists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, prosthetists, speech therapists and scientific officers.[2]

Return Members

Health (1988–95)

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Ronald Chow Mei-tak	ADPL
	1990		United Democrat
	1991	Michael Ho Mun-ka	United Democrat

Health Services (1995 to present)

Election		Member	Party
	1995	Michael Ho Mun-ka	Democratic
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
	1998	Michael Ho Mun-ka	Democratic
	2000	Michael Mak Kwok-fung	Nonpartisan
	2004	Joseph Lee Kok-long	Nonpartisan
2020		Vacant

Electoral results

2010s

[3]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Lee Kok-long	15,221	61.75	–14.26
	Nonpartisan	Philip Choi Pui-wah	9,430	38.25
Majority			5,791	23.50
Total valid votes			24,651	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,195
Turnout			37,423	69.06
Registered electors			37,423
	Independent hold		Swing

[4]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Lee Kok-long	15,861	75.01	+8.02
	Nonpartisan	Alice Tso Shing-yuk	5,006	23.99
Majority			10,855	51.02
Total valid votes			20,867	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,982
Turnout			22,849	60.84
Registered electors			37,556
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

[5]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Joseph Lee Kok-long	11,309	66.99	+23.98
	Independent	Wan Tak-choi	5,572	33.01
Majority			5,737	33.98
Total valid votes			16,881	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,311
Turnout			18,192	49.21
Registered electors			36,968
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

[6]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Lee Kok-long	9,127	43.01
	Ind. democrat	Michael Mak Kwok-fung	6,396	30.14	−13.46
	Nonpartisan	Scarlett Pong Oi-lan	3,027	14.27
	Independent	Siu Kwai-fung	2,669	12.58
Majority			2,731	12.87
Total valid votes			21,219	100.00
Rejected ballots			831
Turnout			22,050	62.21
Registered electors			35,442
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

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2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Michael Mak Kwok-fung	5,857	43.60
	Nonpartisan	Wang Kwok-shing	3,908	29.09
	Nonpartisan	Alice Tsoi Shing-yuk	3,668	27.31
Majority			1,949	14.51
Total valid votes			13,433	100.00
Rejected ballots			1,056
Turnout			14,489	45.80
Registered electors			31,638
	Nonpartisan gain from Democratic		Swing

1990s

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Health Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael Ho Mun-ka	11,420	82.21	+0.55
	Nonpartisan	Choi Shek-chung	2,472	17.79
Majority			8,948	64.42
Total valid votes			13,892	100.00
Rejected ballots			446
Turnout			14,338	52.21
Registered electors			27,464
	Democratic win (new seat)

1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Health

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael Ho Mun-ka	4,968	81.66
	Liberal	Alice Tsoi Shing-yuk	1,116	18.34
Majority			3,852	63.32
Total valid votes			6,084	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing

1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Health

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Democrats	Michael Ho Man-ka	Uncontested
	United Democrats hold		Swing

1980s

1988 Hong Kong legislative election: Health

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Ronald Chow Mei-tak	2,866	54.32
	Nonpartisan	Lam Po-wing	1,801	34.14
	ADPL	Wong Lung Hang-ling	609	11.54
Majority			1,065	20.18
Total valid votes			5,276	100.00
	ADPL win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
2. "Composition of the health services functional constituency". Hong Kong e-Legislation.
3. "Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission.
4. "Election Result". Electoral Affairs Commission.
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