Newly elected PAP MPs vow to continue working for residents in West Coast, Jurong

The support that residents of West Coast-Jurong West GRC gave to the PAP was "very humbling", Minister for National Development Desmond Lee said on May 4, adding that his team will not take their trust lightly.

- Andrew Wong and Michelle Ng

Speaking to the media while on a walkabout at Boon Lay Place, Mr Lee said: "When we heard the results, it was very humbling that the residents of West Coast and Jurong West gave us (such) strong support, certainly, compared to five years ago."

The PAP won 60.01 per cent of the vote share in the group representation constituency against the opposition PSP.

During the 2020 General Election, the PAP had secured just 51.68 per cent of the vote in a tight contest against the PSP in the then West Coast GRC.

The narrow margin sent two PSP members — party chief Leong Mun Wai and first vice-chair Hazel Poa — into Parliament as Non-Constituency MPs.

Given this, Mr Lee, who is the anchor minister for the PAP in West Coast-Jurong West GRC, said he had expected another close fight when Singapore went to the polls on May 3.

But as the sample count trickled in late on Polling Day, it became clear that the PAP team led by Mr Lee had taken a convincing win in the newly formed GRC in 2025.

The minister attributed the support from residents to how his team, which includes newly elected MPs Shawn Huang, Ang Wei Neng, Hamid Razak and Cassandra Lee, worked with residents in the constituency and in Parliament.