Un Chau (constituency)

Un Chau (Chinese: 元州) is one of the 25 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District.

Un Chau
Elected Constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Boundary of Un Chau in Sham Shui Po District
District	Sham Shui Po
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon West
Population	18,422 (2019)[1]
Electorate	10,707 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994 (first time) 2019 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Lee Hon-ting (ADPL)
Created from	Un Chau & So Uk

First created in 1994 District Board election and was abolished in 2011 due to the redevelopment of Un Chau Estate and resettlement of the population. It was re-created from Un Chau & So Uk for the 2019 District Council elections, the constituency returns one district councillor to the Sham Shui Po District Council, with an election every four years.

Un Chau loosely covers part of the public housing estate Un Chau Estate in Cheung Sha Wan. It has projected population of 18,422.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Luk Ka-ming	ADPL
	1997		Democratic
	2003	Chum Tak-shing	ADPL
2011		Constituency abolished
	2019	Lee Hon-ting	ADPL

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2019: Un Chau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Howard Lee Hon-ting	3,960	53.61
	DAB	Samuel Chan Wai-ming	3,427	46.39
Majority			533	7.22
Turnout			7,432	69.48
	ADPL win (new seat)

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2007: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Chum Tak-shing	2,420	58.23	+1.19
	DAB	Tam Chiu-yee	1,736	41.77	+26.75
Majority			684	16.46
	ADPL hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2003: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Chum Tak-shing	2,677	57.04	+16.91
	Democratic	Luk Ka-ming	1,311	27.94	−14.77
	DAB	Tam Chiu-yee	705	15.02	−2.13
Majority			1,366	22.10
	ADPL gain from Democratic		Swing	+15.84

1990s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 1999: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Luk Ka-ming	1,285	42.71
	ADPL	Chum Tak-shing	1,208	40.15	−19.25
	DAB	Ngai Ho-yin	516	17.15
Majority			77	2.56
	Democratic hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1994: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ADPL	Luk Ka-ming	1,285	59.40
	Independent	Lo Shuk-wai	1,067	40.60
Majority			494	18.80
	ADPL win (new seat)

References

1. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
3. "Recommended Constituency Areas Boundary Descriptions" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.