Financial Services (constituency)

Financial Services 金融服務界
Functional constituency for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Country	China
Electorate	760 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1998
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Robert Lee (Nonpartisan)

The Financial Services functional constituency (Chinese: 金融服務界功能界別) is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong first created in 1991. The constituency is composed of 760 financial services participants. These are, specifically, corporate members of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society entitled to vote at general meetings, and participants of other exchange societies.^[2]

Return members

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Chim Pui-chung	Nonpartisan
	1995
Not represented in the PLC (1997–1998)
	1998	Chim Pui-chung	Nonpartisan
	1998 (b)	Fung Chi-kin	Progressive Alliance
	2000	Henry Wu	Nonpartisan
	2004	Chim Pui-chung	Nonpartisan
	2008
	2012	Christopher Cheung	Nonpartisan→BPA
	2016		BPA
	2021	Robert Lee	Nonpartisan

Electoral results

2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Robert Lee Wai-wang	314	65.01
	BPA	Christopher Cheung Wah-fung	169	34.99	−16.49
Majority			145	30.02	+8.13
Total valid votes			483	100.00
Rejected ballots			4
Turnout			487	66.53	−23.96
Registered electors			760
	Nonpartisan gain from BPA		Swing

2010s

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2016 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BPA	Christopher Cheung Wah-fung	261	51.48	+6.65
	Nonpartisan	Ricky Chim Kim-lun	150	29.59
	Nonpartisan	Tsui Luen-on	96	18.93
Majority			111	21.89
Total valid votes			507	100.00
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			533	90.49
Registered electors			589
	BPA hold		Swing

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2012 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Christopher Cheung Wah-fung	208	44.83
	Nonpartisan	Vincent Marshall Lee Kwan-ho	202	43.53
	Nonpartisan	Frankie Yan Man-sing	25	5.39
	Nonpartisan	Tang Yu-lap	24	5.17
	Nonpartisan	Patrick Lam Tak-ming	5	1.08
Majority			6	1.30
Total valid votes			464	100.00
Rejected ballots			19
Turnout			483	85.64
Registered electors			564
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

2000s

2008 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	Unopposed
Registered electors			580
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

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2004 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	275	51.69
	Nonpartisan	Christopher Cheung Wah-fung	92	17.29
	Nonpartisan	Henry Wu King-cheong	87	16.35	−37.12
	Liberal	Fung Ka-pun	61	11.47
	HKPA	Fung Chi-kin	17	3.20	−36.98
Majority			183	34.40
Total valid votes			532	100.00
Rejected ballots			19
Turnout			541	84.01
Registered electors			644
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

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2000 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Henry Wu King-cheong	177	53.47
	HKPA	Fung Chi-kin	133	40.18
	Independent	So Wai-yin	21	6.35
Majority			44	13.29
Total valid votes			331	100.00
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			337	74.89
Registered electors			450
	Nonpartisan gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1990s

1998 Financial Services by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HKPA	Fung Chi-kin	Unopposed
	HKPA gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

1998 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	125	40.85
	Nonpartisan	Fung Chi-kin	117	38.24
	HKPA	Henry Wu King-cheong	47	15.35
	Nonpartisan	Pao Chi-hung	11	5.56
Majority			8	2.61
Total valid votes			300	100.00
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			309	80.89
Registered electors			382
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

1995 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	363	59.90	−19.05
	Nonpartisan	Chan Po-shum	243	40.10
Majority			120	19.80
Total valid votes			606	100.00
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			612	68.84
Registered electors			889
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

1991 Legislative Council election: Financial Services

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Chim Pui-chung	281	47.63
	Nonpartisan	Wong Po-ting	200	33.90
	Nonpartisan	Cham Yau-tong	59	10.00
	Nonpartisan	Chan Po-fun	36	6.10
	Nonpartisan	Ka Ting-pong	9	1.53
	Nonpartisan	Wong Wun-wing	5	0.85
Majority			81	13.73
Turnout			556	80.12
Registered electors			694
	Nonpartisan win (new seat)

References

1. "Voter Registration Statistics : Functional Constituency". Voter Registration.
2. "Guidance Notes: Application for Registration as an Elector in a Functional Constituency and as a Voter in an Election Committee Subsector: Financial Services" (PDF). Hong Kong: Registration and Election Office. 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. "2016 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "2012 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
5. "2004 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
6. "2000 Legislative Council Election". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.