founding chairman martin lee stepped down according to the four-term limit. there was only yeung sum's team contested for the posts. yeung sum received 121 votes for and 9 votes against, 2 more votes against him than martin lee in 2000. albert ho chun-yan and lee wing-tat elected as vice-chairmen, receiving 132 and 129 votes of confidence respectively. albert chan wai-yip, the pro-grassroots "radical" legislator for the new territories west constituency quit the party as he said he would if yeung sum became chairman.