# Social Welfare (constituency)

The Social Welfare functional constituency (Chinese: 社會福利界功能界別), formerly called Social Services, is a functional constituency in the elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The constituency was first created as one of the original 12 functional constituency seats for the first ever Legislative Council election in 1985.
It is one of the functional constituencies with the most electorates. As of 2021, there were 13,974 registered voters, including all the social workers registered under the Social Workers Registration Ordinance (Cap. 505). It had also been one of the few functional constituencies held by the pro-democrats before 2021. Since 2021, it has been the only constituency of any kind with a non-pro-Beijing Legislative Council member, instead being represented by a centrist.

## Return members
### Social Services (1988–1995)

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1985 | Hui Yin-fat | Nonpartisan |
| 1988 | Hui Yin-fat | Nonpartisan |
| 1991 | Hui Yin-fat | Nonpartisan |

### Social Welfare (1995–present)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1995 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic |
| Not represented in PLC (1997–98) ||||
| | 1998 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic |
| | 2000 | Law Chi-kwong | Democratic |
| | 2004 | Fernando Cheung | Nonpartisan→Civic |
| | 2008 | Cheung Kwok-che | SWGU/ADPL→Labour/SWGU |
| | 2012 | Cheung Kwok-che | Labour/SWGU |
| | 2016 | Shiu Ka-chun | Independent |
| | 2021 | Tik Chi-yuen | Third Side |

## Electoral results
### 2020s

2021 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Third Side | Tik Chi-yuen | 1,400 | 56.73 |
| | DAB | Chu Lai-ling | 872 | 35.33 |
| | Nonpartisan | Yip Cham-kai | 196 | 7.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 21.40 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,468 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 245 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,713 | 19.41 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,974 | |
| | Third Side gain from Independent | Third Side gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2010s

2016 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Shiu Ka-chun | 4,603 | 40.79 |
| | Nonpartisan | Yip Kin-chung | 3,858 | 34.19 |
| | Nonpartisan | Kwan Yui-huen | 1,255 | 11.12 |
| | Nonpartisan | Tsang Kin-chiu | 1,011 | 8.96 |
| | Nonpartisan | Wong Sing-chi | 557 | 4.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 6.60 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,284 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 280 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,564 | 83.65 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,824 | |
2012 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SWGU (Labour) | Cheung Kwok-che | 9,078 | 89.08 | +23.04 |
| | Nonpartisan | Chan Yee-fei | 1,113 | 10.92 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,335 | 78.16 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,191 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 748 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,939 | 77.62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,093 | | |

### 2000s

2008 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 5,334 | 66.04 | +27.80 |
| | Democratic | Tik Chi-yuen | 2,743 | 33.96 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,591 | 32.08 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,077 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 507 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,584 | 68.57 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,519 | | |
| | SWGU gain from Civic | SWGU gain from Civic | Swing | | |
2004 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Cheung Chiu-hung | 3,263 | 39.01 |
| | SWGU | Cheung Kwok-che | 3,199 | 38.24 |
| | Nonpartisan | Christine Fong Meng-sang | 1,903 | 22.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 0.77 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,365 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 181 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,546 | 82.13 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,405 | |
| | Nonpartisan gain from Democratic | Nonpartisan gain from Democratic | Swing | |
2000 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 3,061 | 65.93 |
| | Nonpartisan | Leung Yuet-ming | 1,582 | 34.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,479 | 31.86 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,643 | 100.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 522 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,165 | 65.73 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,858 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | |

### 1990s

1998 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |
1995 Legislative Council election: Social Welfare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Law Chi-kwong | 1,115 | 64.08 |
| | Nonpartisan | Chow Wing-sang | 625 | 35.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | 28.16 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,740 | 100.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 612 | 29.39 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,082 | |
| | Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | |
1991 Legislative Council election: Social Services :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 181 | | |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | | |

### 1980s

1988 Legislative Council election: Social Services :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | | |
1985 Legislative Council election: Social Services :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Hui Yin-fat | 76 | 54.68 | |
| | Nonpartisan | Mak Hoi-wah | 41 | 29.50 | |
| | Nonpartisan | Chan Sau-han | 22 | 15.83 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35 | 25.18 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 139 | 100.00 | |
| | Nonpartisan win (new seat) | Nonpartisan win (new seat) | Nonpartisan win (new seat) | Nonpartisan win (new seat) | Nonpartisan win (new seat) |