So Uk (constituency)

So Uk (Chinese: 蘇屋) is one of the 25 constituencies in the Sham Shui Po District.

So Uk
Elected Constituency for the Sham Shui Po District Council
Boundary of So Uk in Sham Shui Po District
District	Sham Shui Po
Legislative Council constituency	Kowloon West
Population	18,751 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,028 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994 (first time) 2019 (second time)
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Ho Kwan-chau (DAB)
Created from	Un Chau & So Uk
Replaced by	Un Chau & So Uk (2011)

First created in 1994 District Board election and was abolished in 2011 due to the redevelopment of So Uk 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.

So Uk loosely covers the public housing estate So Uk Estate in Cheung Sha Wan. It has projected population of 18,751.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Chan Chi-shing	SSPRA
	1999	Samuel Chan Wai-ming	DAB
2011		Constituency abolished
	2019	Leo Ho Kwan-chau	DAB

Election results

2010s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2019: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Leo Ho Kwan-chau	2,650	50.74
	ADPL	Chan Ming-kei	2,522	48.29
	Independent	Lam Pui-man	51	0.98
Majority			128	2.45
Turnout			5,237	74.57
	DAB win (new seat)

2000s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2007: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Samuel Chan Wai-ming	3,074	71.17	+8.99
	ADPL	Lau Wai-tak	1,245	28.83	+11.61
Majority			1,829	42.34
	DAB hold		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 2003: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Samuel Chan Wai-ming	2,524	62.18	+15.52
	Democratic	Ma Kee	836	20.60	+0.67
	ADPL	Lau Wai-tak	699	17.22	−14.75
Majority			1,688	41.58
	DAB hold		Swing

1990s

Sham Shui Po District Council Election, 1999: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Samuel Chan Wai-ming	1,595	47.70
	ADPL	Edwin Chan Yue-wing	1,069	31.97
	Democratic	David Yam Siu-wai	680	20.33
Majority			526	5.73
	DAB gain from SSPRA		Swing

Sham Shui Po District Board Election, 1994: So Uk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSPRA	Chan Chi-shing	Uncontested
	SSPRA 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.