Bays Area (constituency)

Bays Area
Elected constituency for the Southern District Council
Boundary of Bays Area in Southern District
District	Southern
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	18,410 (2019) [1]
Electorate	4,152 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Jonathan Leung Chun (Liberal)

Bays Area is one of the 17 constituencies in the Southern District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years. The incumbent councillor is Fergus Fung.

Bays Area constituency is loosely based on the areas of the Shouson Hill, Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay, Middle Bay and South Bay in the southern part of the Hong Kong Island with estimated population of 16,270. ^[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Alex Chan King-ho	Liberal
	1996		DAB
	1999	Howard Young	Liberal
	2007	Fergus Fung Se-guon	Liberal
	2019	Jonathan Leung Chun	Liberal

Election results

2010s

Southern District Council Election, 2019: Bays Area

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jonathan Leung Chun	1,882	69.99	+3.09
	Nonpartisan	Ding Wai-leung	807	30.01
Majority			1,075	39.98
Turnout			2,697	64.96
	Liberal hold		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2015: Bays Area

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fergus Fung Se-goun	957	66.9	–8.9
	Nonpartisan	David John Schaus	474	33.1
Majority			484	33.8
Turnout			1,442	38.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2011: Bays Area ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fergus Fung Se-goun	970	75.8	+14.7
	Civic	Albert Lai Kwong-tak	309	24.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

2000s

Southern District Council Election, 2007: Bays Area ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fergus Fung Se-goun	448	61.1
	Independent	Albert Leung Sze-ho	285	38.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Southern District Council Election, 2003: Bays Area ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	1,119	65.1
	DAB	Zheng Qiao-you	600	34.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

1990s

Southern District Council Election, 1999: Bays Area ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Young	507	50.6
	DAB	Alex Chan King-ho	488	48.8
	Liberal gain from DAB		Swing

Southern District Board Election, 1994: Bays Area ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Chan King-ho	507	50.6
	HKDF	Alan Lung Ka-lun	272	37.9
	Liberal win (new seat)

References

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
4. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.