The Labour functional constituency () is a
functional constituency
A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China:
* Functional constituency (Hong Kong)
* Functional cons ...
in the elections for the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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. It was one of the 12 functional constituency seats created for the
1985 Legislative Council election. It corresponds to the Labour Subsector in the
Election Committee
The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college, the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, to elect 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Ho ...
. The constituency is composed of 697 bodies that are trade unions of which all the voting members are employees.
The constituency composed of two seats when it first created by in 1985 as two of the 12 original functional constituency seats. It was held by the two largest labour unions at that time, the pro-
Communist
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Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...
(FTU) and pro-
Nationalist
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Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council
The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is the third largest trade union federation in Hong Kong, after the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Beijing Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labou ...
(TUC). Since 1998, the constituency composed of three seats, two occupied by the FTU and one occupied by the
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU), both pro-Beijing.
Return members
1985–1997 (2 seats)
1998–present (3 seats)
Electoral results
The
plurality-at-large voting
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system is used and the elected candidates are shown in bold.
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
References
{{Hong Kong Legislative Council constituencies (2021-2025)
Constituencies of Hong Kong
Constituencies of Hong Kong Legislative Council
Functional constituencies (Hong Kong)
1985 establishments in Hong Kong
Constituencies established in 1985