Lai Wah (constituency)

Lai Wah is one of the 31 constituencies of the Kwai Tsing District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was created in 2003. Its boundary is loosely based on the Lai Yan Court and Wah Lai Estate.

Lai Wah
Elected constituency for the Kwai Tsing District Council
Boundary of Lai Wah in Kwai Tsing District
District	Kwai Tsing
Legislative Council constituency	New Territories South West
Population	15,916 (2019)[1]
Electorate	8,686 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	2003
Number of members	One
Member(s)	vacant
Created from	Wah Fung

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	2003	Lee Wing-tat	Democratic
	2007
	2011	Chu Lai-ling	DAB
	2015
	2019	Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu→vacant	Civic→Independent

Election results

2010s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2019: Lai Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic (PfD)	Steve Cheung Kwan-kiu	3,613	56.18
	DAB	Chu Lai-ling	2,818	43.82
Majority			795	12.36
Turnout			6,460	74.39
	Civic gain from DAB		Swing

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2015: Lai Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chu Lai-ling	Unopposed
	DAB hold		Swing

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2011: Lai Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DAB	Chu Lai-ling	1,923	50.1	+11.4
	Democratic	Lee Wing-tat	1,582	41.2	−19.2
	People Power (Power Voters)	Ray Chan Chi-chuen	333	8.7
	DAB gain from Democratic		Swing	+15.3

2000s

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2007: Lai Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lee Wing-tat	1,349	60.4	−2.1
	DAB	Yeung Man-tat	885	39.6	+18.7
	Democratic hold		Swing	-10.4

Kwai Tsing District Council Election, 2003: Lai Wah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lee Wing-tat	2,310	62.5
	DAB	Chan Chan-chung	772	20.9
	Nonpartisan	Poon Su-kei	615	16.6
	Democratic win (new seat)