Shap Pat Heung West (constituency)

Shap Pat Heung West
Shap Pat Heung West
Elected constituency; for the Yuen Long District Council
	Boundary of Shap Pat Heung West in Yuen Long District
District	Yuen Long
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories North West
Population	19,402 (2019)
Electorate	10,139 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	2015
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Shap Pat Heung South

Shap Pat Heung West (Chinese: 十八鄉西) is one of the 31 constituencies in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Yuen Long District Council, with an election every four years. Shap Pat Heung West is loosely based on western part of Shap Pat Heung with estimated population of 19,402.^[3]

Councillors represented

	Member	Party
2015	Ching Chan-ming	Nonpartisan
2019 by-election	Leung Fuk-yuen	Nonpartisan
2019	Szeto Pok-man→Vacant^[a]	Action 18

Election results

2010s

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2019: Shap Pat Heung West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Action 18 (PfD)	Szeto Pok-man	3,391	49.76
	Nonpartisan	Leung Fuk-yuen	3,080	45.19
	Nonpartisan	Chan Yau-hung	344	5.05
Majority			311	4.57
Turnout			6,833	67.46
	Action 18 gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Shap Pat Heung West by-election, 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Leung Fuk-yuen	Unopposed
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Yuen Long District Council Election, 2015: Shap Pat Heung West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Ching Chan-ming	Unopposed
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

Notes

^ Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking laws.

References

^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office.
^ "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.

[resigned1-4] Resigned on 31 May 2021 over new oath-taking laws.

[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). Registration and Electoral Office.

[3] "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government.

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v t e Yuen Long District Council (41)
Democratic (7)	Ching King Kingswood South Nam Ping Pek Long Shui Oi Yiu Yau Yuen Long Tung Tau
TSWC (4)	Fu Yan Kingswood North Shui Wah Tin Shing
Action 18 (2)	Shap Pat Heung Central Shap Pat Heung West
DA (2)	Fung Cheung Yuen Long Centre
Civ Passion (1)	Yat Chak
Independent (24)	Chung Pak Chung Wah Fairview Park Fung Nin Ha Tsuen Hung Fuk Kam Tin Pat Heung North Pat Heung South Ping Shan Central Ping Shan North Ping Shan South San Tin Shap Pat Heung East Shap Pat Heung North Shing Yan Shui Pin Tin Heng Tin Yiu Tsz Yau Wang Yat Yuen Lung Yuet Yan
Ex-officio members: Independent (6) (Ha Tsuen Rural Committee, Kam Tin Rural Committee, Pat Heung Rural Committee, Ping Shan Rural Committee, Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee, San Tin Rural Committee)