on 22 july 2016, ten members of the third side quit which included two vice-chairmen marcus liu tim-shing and ben kuen ping-yiu, who were all part of the team that was going to run in the new territories east constituency. they stated that the party had fallen short of their expectation to forge a new brand of politics perched between the two traditional blocs. the party argued that their departure was due to the party's decision not to field any candidates in new territories east in the upcoming election. the party failed to win any seat in the election.