Social Welfare (constituency)

The Social Welfare functional constituency (Chinese: 社會福利界功能界別), 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. It has been one of the few functional constituencies where the pro-democrats have maintained a stronghold.

Social Welfare 社會福利界
Functional Constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	13,935 (2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant

Return members

Social Services (1988–95)

Election		Member	Party
	1985	Hui Yin-fat	Nonpartisan

Social Welfare (1995 to present)

Election		Member	Party
	1995	Law Chi-kwong	Democratic
Not represented in 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
	2016	Shiu Ka-chun	Independent
2020		Vacant

Electoral results

2010s

[2]

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Welfare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shiu Ka-chun	4,603	40.79
	Nonpartisan	Yip Kin-chung	3,858	34.19
	Nonpartisan	Kwan Yui-huen	1,255	11.12
	Nonpartisan	Tsang Kin-chiu	1,011	8.96
	Nonpartisan	Wong Sing-chi	557	4.94
Majority			745	6.60
Total valid votes			11,284	100.00
Rejected ballots			280
Turnout			11,564	83.65
Registered electors			13,824

[3]

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: 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
Total valid votes			10,191	100.00
Rejected ballots			748
Turnout			10,939	77.62
Registered electors			14,093

2000s

[4]

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Welfare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWGU	Cheung Kwok-che	5,334	66.04	+27.80
	Democratic	Tik Chi-yuen	2,743	33.96
Majority			2,591	32.08
Total valid votes			8,077	100.00
Rejected ballots			507
Turnout			8,584	68.57
Registered electors			12,519
	SWGU gain from Civic		Swing

[5]

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: 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
Majority			64	0.77
Total valid votes			8,365	100.00
Rejected ballots			181
Turnout			8,546	82.13
Registered electors			10,405
	Nonpartisan gain from Democratic		Swing

[6]

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Welfare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Law Chi-kwong	3,061	65.93
	Nonpartisan	Leung Yuet-ming	1,582	34.07
Majority			1,479	31.86
Total valid votes			4,643	100.00
Rejected ballots			522
Turnout			5,165	65.73
Registered electors			7,858
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

[6]

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Welfare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Law Chi-kwong	Uncontested
	Democratic hold		Swing

1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Welfare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Law Chi-kwong	1,115	64.08
	Nonpartisan	Chow Wing-sang	625	35.92
Majority			490	28.16
Total valid votes			1,740	100.00
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Hui Yin-fat	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1980s

1988 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Hui Yin-fat	Uncontested
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1985 Hong Kong legislative election: Social Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Hui Yin-fat	76	54.68
	Nonpartisan	Mak Hoi-wah	41	29.50
	Nonpartisan	Chan Sau-han	22	15.83
Majority			35	25.18
Total valid votes			139	100.00
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
2. 2016 Legislative Council Election
3. 2012 Legislative Council Election
4. 2008 Legislative Council Election
5. 2004 Legislative Council Election – Election Results Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. Legislative Council Elections Results Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine