The single-constituency single-vote system was replaced by the
party-list proportional representation system for the
first SAR Legislative Council election designed by Beijing to reward the weaker
pro-Beijing candidates and dilute the electoral strength of the majority
pro-democrats. Five seats were allocated to New Territories West, where the pro-democrats took four of the seats with one seat went to
Tam Yiu-chung of the pro-Beijing
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) with nearly one-fifth of the popular vote. Pro-grassroots democrats
Lee Cheuk-yan of the
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) and
Leung Yiu-chung of the
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) each won a seat, with pro-democracy flagship party
Democratic Party took two seats with
Lee Wing-tat and
Albert Ho being elected. One extra seat was added to the constituency in the
2000 Legislative Council election, where the Democratic Party split their tickets into three in order to maximise its chance to win one more seat, due to the unique design of the
Hare quota of the party-list proportional representation. Different zones were set up for each ticket to gather their votes, Kwai Tsing and Islands Districts for Lee Wing-tat, Tuen Mun and rural Yueng Long for Albert Ho and Tsuen Wan,
Yuen Long Town Centre, Tin Shui Wai and a small part of Tuen Mun for
Albert Chan. With the rural support of the DAB–
PA joint ticket,
Tang Siu-tong was able to beat the Democratic tickets to gain the extra seat at the expense of Lee Wing-tat who lost the re-election. In the
2004 Legislative Council election, the number of seats in New Territories West was increased to eight, where the two new seats were taken by Lee Wing-tat who came back from his loss, and
Selina Chow of the
Liberal Party who rode on the popularity gained from the party's opposition
2003 Basic Law Article 23 legislation. Selina Chow lost her
2008 re-election which she complained the rural votes were taken away by DAB's rural candidate
Cheung Hok-ming. Chow was replaced by veteran trade unionist
Wong Kwok-hing of the
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU). In 2010, Albert Chan of the
League of Social Democrats (LSD) resigned from the office to rigger a
by-election as a
de facto referendum on the government's
constitutional reform proposal. Chan was re-elected with a low turnout due to the government and pro-Beijing boycott. The deal on the modified constitutional reform proposal struck by the moderate democrats and the Beijing authorities expanded the number of the geographical constituency seats from 30 to 35, where the seats in New Territories West were increased to nine. The DAB deployed an offensive strategy by splitting their ticket into three separate ones, led by Tam Yiu-chung,
Leung Che-cheung and
Chan Han-pan respectively. All three DAB tickets were elected, taking the advantage on the miscalculation of the pro-democrats, where the
Civic Party took a overly aggressive strategy by fielding
Kwok Ka-ki and
Audrey Eu on the same ticket, hoping to win two seats. As a result, the Civics failed to get Eu elected and wasted votes at the expense on the Democratic Party who saw Lee Wing-tat and
Josephine Chan both failed to win a seat. With
Michael Tien of the
New People's Party (NPP) also won a seat and
Alice Mak retained a seat for the FTU, the pro-Beijing camp achieved a majority in New Territories West for the first time by winning five seats compared to pro-democrats' four. The pro-Beijing camp retained its majority in the
2016 Legislative Council election, as the pro-democrats again split their votes in the overcrowding field.
Localist camp Eddie Chu and
Civic Passion's
Cheng Chung-tai were elected with high votes among the opposition candidate, while Civic Kwok Ka-ki and Democrat
Andrew Wan took the two other seats. Veteran Lee Cheuk-yan of the
Labour Party was unexpectedly defeated by pro-Beijing independent
Junius Ho with a margin of 0.91 percentage point, who took Tam Yiu-chung's place who was retiring. ==Members returned==