Central and Western District Council


























Central and Western District Council


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中西區區議會


Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type

Hong Kong District Council
of the Central and Western District
History
Founded18 March 1982 (1982-03-18) (District Board)
1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (Provisional)
1 January 2000 (2000-01-01) (District Council)
Leadership
Chair
Yip Wing-shing, Independent
Vice-Chair
Chan Hok-fung, DAB
Structure
Seats
15 councillors
consisting of
15 elected members
DAB


5 / 15


Democratic


5 / 15


Liberal


1 / 15


Independent

4 / 15

Elections
Voting system
First past the post
Last election
22 November 2015
Meeting place
Harbour Building.jpg
11/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/central/

The Central and Western District Council (Chinese: 中西區區議會) is the district council for the Central and Western District in Hong Kong. Central and Western District currently consists of 15 members, of which the district is divided into 15 constituencies, electing a total of 15 members. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Political control


  • 3 Political makeup


  • 4 District result maps


  • 5 Members represented


  • 6 Leadership

    • 6.1 Chairs


    • 6.2 Vice Chairs



  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links




History


The Central and Western District Council was established on 18 March 1982 under the name of the Central and Western District Board as the result of the colonial Governor Murray MacLehose's District Administration Scheme reform. The District Board was partly elected with the ex-officio Urban Council members, as well as members appointed by the Governor until 1994 when last Governor Chris Patten refrained from appointing any member.


The Central and Western District Board became Central and Western 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 Central and Western District Council was established on 1 January 2000 after the first District Council election in 1999. The council has become fully elected when the appointed seats were abolished in 2011 after the modified constitutional reform proposal was passed by the Legislative Council in 2010.


The Central and Western Board was largely non-partisan in the 1980s. In the 1985 election, an electoral coalition of 12 incumbents based on personal network surrounding Vincent Ko Hon-chiu of the Hong Kong People's Association, later the board chairman, contested in the election, winning 10 seats in total.[1] The board gradually divided into liberal and conservative blocs in the late 1980s and split into pro-democracy United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK) and the conservative Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong (LDF) which were formed in 1990.


The Democratic Party, the merger of UDHK and Meeting Point, took control of the board from 1994 to 1997 after the abolishment of the appointed seats. The Democratic majority was offset by the pro-Beijing camp when appointed seats were reintroduced in 1997. In the 2003 tide of democracy after the July 1 protest, the pro-democrats formed the Central and Western Democratic Power for the 2003 election and won seven seats, which saw pro-democrat Legislative Councillor Cyd Ho defeating Ip Kwok-him of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in his long-held constituency of Kwun Lung. Democratic Party's Kam Nai-wai was able to take the chairmanship with the help of appointed member Wu Chor-nam.[2] Kam's decision to co-operate with an appointed member sparked controversy which caused Kam to resign soon afterward.[3]


The Democratic Party remained the largest party in the council until the 2007 election when the DAB surpassed the Democratic Party in the number of seats for the first time. In the by-elections in 2017 for Peak and Tung Wah, the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps took each of the seats, giving the Democrats the same numbers of seat as the DAB, both commanding five seats.



Political control


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


















































Camp in controlLargest partyYearsComposition
No Overall ControlCivic Association1982 - 1985
No Overall ControlPeople's Association1985 - 1988












No Overall ControlHKAS → United Democrats1988 - 1991













Pro-governmentUnited Democrats1991 - 1994












Pro-democracyDemocratic (majority)1994 - 1997












Pro-BeijingDemocratic1997 - 1999













Pro-BeijingDemocratic2000 - 2003













Pro-BeijingDemocratic2004 - 2007













Pro-BeijingDemocratic2008 - 2011













Pro-BeijingDAB2012 - 2015













Pro-BeijingDAB → DAB/Democratic2016 - present













Political makeup


Current Map of Central and Western District Council.svg

Elections are held every four years.
































































   
Political party
Council members
Current
members

1994

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015
 

DAB

2

3

1

3

5

6
 
 
 
 
 
 

Democratic

8

5

6

6

4

4
 
 
 
 
 
 

Independent

2

5

4

3

5

4
 
 
 
 
 
 

Liberal

1

1

2

1

1

1
 
 
 
 
 


District result maps



Members represented

































































































Code
Constituency
Name
Political affiliation
Notes
A01

Chung Wan

Hui Chi-fung


Democratic

A02

Mid Levels East
Ng Siu-hong


Democratic

A03

Castle Road
Cheng Lai-king


Democratic

A04

Peak
Jeremy Young Chit-on


Liberal

A05

University

Stephen Chan Chit-kwai


Independent
[a]
A06

Kennedy Town & Mount Davis
Chan Hok-fung


DAB

A07

Kwun Lung
Yeung Hoi-wing


DAB

A08

Sai Wan

Cheung Kwok-kwan


DAB

A09

Belcher
Yip Wing-shing


Independent

A10

Shek Tong Tsui

Chan Choi-hi


Independent
[a]
A11

Sai Ying Pun
Lo Yee-hang


DAB

A12

Sheung Wan

Kam Nai-wai


Democratic

A13

Tung Wah
Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan


Democratic

A14

Centre Street
Sidney Lee Chi-hang


Independent

A15

Water Street
Yeung Hok-ming


DAB


Leadership



Chairs


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

































ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Vincent Ko Hon-chiu[4]1985–1988
People's Association

Ambrose Lau Hon-chuen[5]
1988–1994
Nonpartisan→PA
Yuen Bun-keung[6]1994–1997
Democratic

Stephen Chan Chit-kwai[7]
1997–2000
Independent
Wu Chor-nam[8]2000–2003
Independent
Chan Tak-chor[9][b]2004–2011
Liberal→Independent
Yip Wing-shing[10]2012–present
Independent


Vice Chairs





















Vice ChairmanYearsPolitical Affiliation
Chan Tak-chor2000–2003
Liberal
Wu Chor-nam2004–2007
Independent
Stephen Chan Chit-kwai2008–2011
Independent
Chan Hok-fung2012–present
DAB


Notes




  1. ^ ab Member of the New Century Forum.


  2. ^ Democratic Party's Kam Nai-wai was initially elected as chairman but soon resigned from the office.[3]




References




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  2. ^ "破例與委任議員結盟 民主黨奪中西區區會主席". 蘋果日報. 2004-01-07.


  3. ^ ab "中西區區議員甘乃威辭去區議會主席以釋疑慮". Democratic Party. 9 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


  4. ^ Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates-The First 90 Years. Hong Kong University Press. p. 276.


  5. ^ "Legislative Council Report 2002-03" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong.


  6. ^ "Biography of Yuen Bun-keung". Democratic Party. 1999. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


  7. ^ "Daily Information Bulletin". Government Information Services. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


  8. ^ "HKSAR Central & Western District Council". webb-site.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


  9. ^ "Member Details of Central and Western District Council". Central and Western District Council. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


  10. ^ "Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011)". Central and Western District Council. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.




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