Tsuen Wan District Council

Tsuen Wan District Council 荃灣區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Tsuen Wan District
History
Founded	1 April 1981 (1981-04-01) (District Board) 1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional) 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair	Sumly Chan, Civic
Vice-Chair	Li Hung-por, Democratic
Structure
Seats	21 councillors consisting of 19 elected and 2 ex-officio members
Civic	3 / 21
Democratic	3 / 21
Neo Dem	2 / 21
DTW	1 / 21
FTU	1 / 21
Labour	1 / 21
TWCN	1 / 21
FPHE	1 / 21
Team Chu	1 / 21
Independent	4 / 21
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	24 November 2019
Meeting place
2/F., Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174–208 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/

Tsuen Wan District Council (Chinese: 荃灣區議會) is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Sha Tin District currently consists of 21 members, of which the district is divided into 19 constituencies, electing a total of 19 with 2 ex officio members who is the Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 24 November 2019.

History

The Tsuen Wan District Council was established on 1 April 1981 under the name of the Tsuen Wan District Board as one of the eight New Territories District Boards as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. However, it was regarded as among the oldest District Boards since its precursor, the Tsuen Wan New Town Recreation and Amenities (Advisory) Committee, was founded in March 1976 which gave rise to the Tsuen Wan District Advisory Board in 1977 and was retitled the Tsuen Wan District Board in 1981. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Regional Council members and Tsuen Wan and Ma Wan Rural Committees' chairmen, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.

The Tsuen Wan District originally included also today's Kwai Tsing District until 1985 when a new District Board was set up for Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi due to its large population. The Tsuen Wan District Board became Tsuen Wan Provisional District Board after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established in 1997 with the appointment system being reintroduced by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. The current Tsuen Wan District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The appointed seats were abolished in 2015 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.

The Tsuen Wan District Council has been dominated by the conservative independents. Former Democratic Party Legislative Councillor Albert Chan also had a long base in the district before he gave up his seat to contest in Tuen Mun against Democrat chairman Albert Ho for the People Power. As the Democratic Party's influence slowly declined and received their territory-wide defeat in the 2007 election, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) gradually became the largest party in the council, returning its long-time district councillor Chan Han-pan to the Legislative Council since 2012. The Civic Party has also been established its base in Lei Muk Shue with veteran councillor Sumly Chan, while New People's Party (NPP) Michael Tien also set a foothold at the Discovery Park since 2011, until he quit the NPP in 2016.

The pro-democrats seized the control of the council in the historic landslide victory in the 2019 election amid the massive pro-democracy protests by taking 16 of the 19 elected seats in the council. The pro-Beijing camp suffered devastating defeats, with incumbent legislators Chan Han-pan failing to pass his seat to his successor and Michael Tien losing his seat to new challenger Lau Cheuk-yu of the newly-founded local-based Deliberation Tsuen Wan.

Political control

Since 1982 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Camp in control	Largest party	Years	Composition
No Overall Control	Civic Association	1982–1985
Pro-government	Civic Association	1985–1988
Pro-government	ADPL → United Democrats	1988–1991
Pro-government	United Democrats	1991–1994
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1994–1997
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1997–1999
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	2000–2003
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	2004–2007
Pro-Beijing	DAB/Democratic → DAB	2008–2011
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2012–2015
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2016–2019
Pro-democracy	Civic	2020–2023

Political makeup

Elections are held every four years.

	Political party	Council members							Current members
		1994	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color |	Independent	9	7	9	7	7	6	4	4 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Civic Party/meta/color"|	Civic	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3 / 21
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color |	Democratic	2	6	5	3	1	1	3	3 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Neo Democrats/meta/color"|	Neo Dem	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Deliberation Tsuen Wan/meta/color"|	DTW	-	-	-	-	-	0	2	1 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions/meta/color"|	FTU	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color"|	Labour	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Federation of Public Housing Estates/meta/color"|	FPHE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Tsuen Wan Community Network/meta/color"|	TWCN	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 21
style="background-color:Template:Team Chu Hoi-dick of New Territories West/meta/color"|	Team Chu	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1 / 21

District result maps

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Members represented

Starting from 1 January 2020:

Code	Constituency	Name	Political affiliation		Notes
K01	Tak Wah	Jackson Lau style="width: 2px; background-color: #7CBECC;" data-sort-value="Deliberation Tsuen Wan" |	Deliberation TW
K02	Yeung Uk Road	Lam Sek-tim style="width: 2px; background-color: #E56F73;" data-sort-value="Tsuen Wan Community Network" |	TWCN
K03	Tsuen Wan South	Antonio Luk Ling-chung style="width: 2px; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" |	Civic
K04	Hoi Bun	Lester Shum style="width: 2px; background-color: #73BC7C;" data-sort-value="Team Chu Hoi-dick of New Territories West" |	Team Chu
K05	Tsuen Wan West	Angus Yick Shing-chung style="width: 2px; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic
K06	Clague Garden	Chan Kim-kam style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
K07	Tsuen Wan Centre	Li Hung-por style="width: 2px; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic
K08	Discovery Park	Lau Cheuk-yu style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
K09	Fuk Loi	Kot Siu-yuen style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions" |	FTU
K10	Luk Yeung	Roy Pun Long-chung style="width: 2px; background-color: #F9B924;" data-sort-value="Neo Democrats" |	Neo Democrats
K11	Ma Wan	Tam Hoi-pong style="width: 2px; background-color: #F9B924;" data-sort-value="Neo Democrats" |	Neo Democrats
K12	Tsuen Wan Rural	Norris Ng Hin-lung style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
K13	Ting Sham	Lau Chi-hung style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
K14	Lai To	Ronald Tse Man-chak style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
K15	Allway	Chiu Yan-loy style="width: 2px; background-color: #F7941E;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Hong Kong)" |	Labour
K16	Cheung Shek	Matthew Lai Man-fai style="width: 2px; background-color: #5FB04A;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (Hong Kong)" |	Democratic
K17	Shek Wai Kok	Man Yue-ming style="width: 2px; background-color: #5A3D1B;" data-sort-value="Federation of Public Housing Estates" |	FPHE/NTAS
K18	Lei Muk Shue West	Wong Ka-wa style="width: 2px; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" |	Civic
K19	Lei Muk Shue East	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum style="width: 2px; background-color: #7F3F98;" data-sort-value="Civic Party" |	Civic
Ex Officio	Ma Wan Rural Committee Chairman	Chan Sung-ip style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent
	Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Chairman	Yau Kam-ping style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent

Leadership

Chairs

Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board:

Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
bgcolor="Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color"|	James Hayes	1981–1982	District Officer
bgcolor="Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color"|	N. W. H. Macleod	1982–1983	District Officer
bgcolor="Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color"|	Adolf H. Hsu	1983–1985	District Officer
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Chau How-chen	1985–1994	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"|	Chan Lau-fong	1994–1999	Heung Yee Kuk
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Chau How-chen	2000–2011	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Star Chan Iu-seng	2012–2015	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"|	Chung Wai-ping	2016–2019	Heung Yee Kuk
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Wong Wai-kit	2019	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Civic Party/meta/color"|	Sumly Chan Yuen-sum	2020–present	Civic

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Chan Wai-ming	2000–2003	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"|	Chung Wai-ping	2004–2015	Heung Yee Kuk
style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Wong Wai-kit	2016–2019	Independent
bgcolor="Template:Heung Yee Kuk/meta/color"|	Chan Sung-ip	2019	Heung Yee Kuk
bgcolor="Template:DPHK/meta/color"|	Li Hung-por	2020–present	Democratic