Yuen Long District Council

Yuen Long District Council 元朗區議會
Type
Type	Hong Kong District Council of the Yuen Long District
Leadership
Chair	Sham Ho-kit, Independent
Vice-Chair	Wong Wai-shun, NPP
Structure
Seats	41 councillors consisting of 35 elected and 6 ex officio members
DAB	6 / 41
FTU	4 / 41
NPP	3 / 41
Democratic	2 / 41
Liberal	1 / 41
DA	1 / 41
NTAS	1 / 41
Independent	23 / 41
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	22 November 2015
Meeting place
13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, No.2, Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories
Website
www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/yl/

Yuen Long District Council is the district council for the Yuen Long District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 district council. Yuen Long District currently consists of 41 members, of which the district is divided into 35 constituencies, electing a total of 35 with 6 ex officio members who are the Shap Pat Heung, San Tin, Ha Tsuen, Kam Tin, Ping Shan and Pat Heung rural committee chairmen. The latest election was held on 22 November 2015.

Political control

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

Camp in control	Largest party	Years
No Overall Control	None	1982 - 1985
No Overall Control	Reform Club	1985 - 1988
No Overall Control	Meeting Point	1988 - 1991
No Overall Control	United Democrats	1991 - 1994
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1994 - 1997
Pro-Beijing	Democratic	1997 - 1999
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2000 - 2003
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2004 - 2007
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2008 - 2011
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2012 - 2015
Pro-Beijing	DAB	2016 - present

Constituency represented

Code	Constituency	Name	Political affiliation
M01	Fung Nin	Lui Kin		DAB
M02	Shui Pin	Yuen Man-yee		Independent
M03	Nam Ping	Zachary Wong Wai-yin		Democratic
M04	Pek Long	Kwong Chun-yu		Democratic
M05	Yuen Long Centre	Siu Long-ming		DAB
M06	Yuen Lung	Wilson Wong Wai-shun		NPP
M07	Fung Cheung	Mak Ip-sing		Democratic Alliance
M08	Shap Pat Heung East	Shum Ho-kit		Independent
M09	Shap Pat Heung Central	Leung Ming-kin		Independent
M10	Shap Pat Heung West	Ching Chan-ming		Independent
M11	Ping Shan South	Cheung Muk-lam		NTAS
M12	Ping Shan Central	Tang Hing-ip		Independent
M13	Ping Shan North	Young Ka-on		Independent
M14	Ha Tsuen	Tang Ka-leung		Independent
M15	Tin Shing	Chan Sze-ching		NPP
M16	Shui Oi	Kwok Keung		DAB
M17	Shui Wah	Chow Wing-kan		Liberal
M18	Chung Wah	Wong Wai-ling		DAB
M19	Yuet Yan	Chiu Sau-han		Independent
M20	Fu Yan	Lau Kwai-yung		FTU
M21	Yat Chak	Kwok Hing-ping		Independent
M22	Tin Heng	Michael Luk Chung-hung		FTU
M23	Wang Yat	Yiu Kwok-wai		FTU
M24	Ching King	Tang Cheuk-him		FTU
M25	Kingswood North	Lee Yuet-man		Independent
M26	Tsz Yau	Chan Mei-lin		Independent
M27	Yiu Yau	Ma Shuk-yin		DAB
M28	Tin Yiu	Leung Che-cheung		DAB/NTAS
M29	Kingswood South	Cham Ka-hung		Independent
M30	Chung Pak	Wong Cheuk-kin		NPP
M31	Fairview Park	To Ka-lun		Independent
M32	San Tin	Man Kwong-ming		Independent
M33	Kam Tin	Tang Cheuk-yin		Independent
M34	Pat Heung North	Ronnie Tang Yung-yiu		Independent
M35	Pat Heung South	Lai Wai-hung		Independent
Ex offico	Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee Chairman	Leung Fuk-yuen		Independent
	San Tin Rural Committee Chairman	Man Ping-nam		Independent
	Ha Tsuen Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Lai-tung		Independent
	Kam Tin Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Ho-lin		Independent
	Ping Shan Rural Committee Chairman	Tsang Shu-wo		Independent
	Pat Heung Rural Committee Chairman	Tang Shui-man		Independent

Leadership

Chairs

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

Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
	Tai Kuen	1985–1999	Heung Yee Kuk
	Tang Siu-tong	2000–2007	PA→DAB
	Leung Che-cheung	2008–2015	DAB/NTAS
	Sham Ho-kit	2016–present	Heung Yee Kuk

Vice Chairs

Vice Chairman		Years	Political Affiliation
	Leung Che-cheung	2000–2008	DAB
	Tang Yun-chor	2008–2011	Heung Yee Kuk
	Leung Fuk-yuen	2011	Heung Yee Kuk
	Wong Wai-shun	2012–present	NPP

References