Tsuen Wan Community Network ( zh, t=荃灣社區網絡) is a local political group based in

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a New towns of Hong Kong, town built on a bay in the New Territories West (constituency), western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market ...

founded in 2015. In a historic pro-democracy landslide in 2019 District Council election, the group won one seat in the

Tsuen Wan District Council The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 22 members, of which the district is divided into two constit ...

History

The group was formed in 2015 as a

-based community group. Its leader Lam Sek-tim ran in the 2015 District Council election against

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong), pro-Beijing political party registered since 1992 in Hong Kong. Chaired by Gary Chan and holding 19 Legislative Council of Hong Kong ...

(DAB) legislator Chan Han-pan in Yeung Uk Road but lost. It was part of the Community Network Union, a

localist Localism is a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local. Generally, localism supports local production and Local purchasing, consumption of goods, local control of government, and promotion of local history, local culture and lo ...

political alliance of six community groups led by pro-independence

Ventus Lau Ventus Lau Wing-hong (; born 8 October 1993) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the convenor of the Shatin Community Network and the founding convenor of the Community Network Union, an alliance of the localist community groups in different distr ...

. The Tsuen Wan Community Network later quit the Union in 2018. Lam Sek-tim ran in Yeung Uk Road in the 2019 District Council election again and defeated Chan Han-pan's successor Ng Chun-yu with narrow margin of 174 votes in the pro-democracy historic landslide victory.

Electoral performance

Tsuen Wan District Council elections

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* {{Hong Kong political parties Political organisations based in Hong Kong Political parties established in 2015 2015 establishments in Hong Kong Liberal parties in Hong Kong Localist parties in Hong Kong