Commercial (First)

Commercial (First) 商界（第一）
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
Electorate	1,230 (2020)
Current constituency
Created	1985
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Jeffrey Lam (BPA)

The Commercial (First) functional constituency (Chinese: 商界（第一）功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1985. The constituency is composed of bodies that are members of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) entitled to vote at general meetings of the Chamber.

It is one of the oldest functional constituencies created for the first elections to the Legislative Council in 1985. Prior to that, the Chamber had its representatives in the council thoroughly through elections at the general meetings since 1884.

Return members

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Non-partisan/meta/color" |	1985	Thomas Clydesdale	Nonpartisan
style="background-color: Template:Non-partisan/meta/color" |	1988	James David McGregor	Nonpartisan
style="background-color:Template:Hong Kong Democratic Foundation/meta/color" |	1991		Democratic Foundation
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	1995	Paul Cheng Ming-fun	Independent
Not represented in the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–98)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |	1998	James Tien Pei-chun	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" |	2004	Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	2008		Independent
style="background-color: Template:Economic Synergy/meta/color" |	2009		Economic Synergy
style="background-color: Template:Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong/meta/color" |	2012		BPA

Electoral results

2010s

2016 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung	455	53.97
	Liberal	Joseph Chan Ho-lim	388	46.03
Majority			67	7.94
Total valid votes			843	100.00
Rejected ballots			18
Turnout			861	82.39
Registered electors			1,086
	BPA hold		Swing

2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Economic Synergy	Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung	Uncontested
	Economic Synergy hold		Swing

2000s

2008 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung	465	70.24
	Independent	Markus Joytak Shaw	197	29.76
Majority			268	40.48
Total valid votes			662	100.00
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout			694	66.73
Registered electors			1,040
	Liberal hold		Swing

2004 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

2000 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

1990s

1998 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Tien Pei-chun	Uncontested
	Liberal win (new seat)

1995 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Cheng Ming-fun	Uncontested
	Independent gain from HKDF		Swing

1991 Hong Kong legislative election: Commercial (First)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKDF	James David McGregor	487	53.93
	BPF	Paul Cheng Ming-fun	416	46.07
Majority			71	7.86
Total valid votes			903	100.00
	HKDF hold		Swing

1980s

1988 Hong Kong legislative election: First Commercial

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	James David McGregor	478	66.95
	Nonpartisan	Veronica Wu Shao-ching	236	33.05
Majority			242	33.90
Total valid votes			714	100.00
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1985 Hong Kong legislative election: First Commercial

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Clydesdale	470	59.49
	Nonpartisan	A. C. William Blaauw	320	40.51
Majority			150	18.98
Total valid votes			790	100.00
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)