Water Street (constituency)

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Water Street
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Water Streetin Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island
Population14,983 (2019)[1]
Electorate7,408 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Ho Chi-wang (VSA)
Created fromKennedy Town East
Sai Ying Pun West

Water Street is one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council. The seat elects one member of the council every four years.

The constituency loosely covers the area around the Water Street in Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 14,983.[3]

Councillors represented

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | 1994 Lee Kam-hang Democratic
style="background-color: Template:123 Democratic Alliance/meta/color" | 1999 Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 123DA
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | 2000 Independent
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/meta/color" | 2007 Wong Kin-shing Democratic
style="background-color: Template:DABHK/meta/color" | 2015 Yeung Hok-ming DAB
style="background-color: Template:Victoria Social Association/meta/color" | 2019 Ho Chi-wang VSA

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. democrat Ho Chi-wang 3,093 59.62
DAB Yeung Hok-ming 2,095 40.38 −13.12
Majority 998 19.24
Turnout 5,215 70.40
Ind. democrat gain from DAB Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Yeung Hok-ming 1,878 53.7 +13.1
Democratic Bonnie Ng Hoi-yan 1,619 46.3 +2.0
Majority 259 7.4 +3.7
Turnout 3,559 49.2
DAB gain from Democratic Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wong Kin-shing 1,353 44.3 -13.7
DAB Yeung Hok-ming 1,241 40.6 N/A
Independent Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 443 15.2 N/A
Majority 112 3.7 -19.0
Democratic hold Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wong Kin-shing 1,407 58.0 N/A
Nonpartisan Stephen Yam Chi-ming 777 32.1 N/A
Independent Huang Han 240 9.9 N/A
Majority 418 22.7 N/A
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 1,327 51.4 -1.3
Frontier Robin Wan Joe-yiu 1,254 48.6
Majority 67 2.8 -2.6
Independent hold Swing

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
123DA Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 1,096 52.7 +16.7
Democratic Robin Wan Joe-yiu 983 47.3 +1.3
Majority 113 5.4
123DA gain from Democratic Swing
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lee Kam-hang 996 46.0
123DA Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 779 36.0
DAB Chung Yam-cheung 391 18.1
Majority 217 10.0
Democratic win (new seat)

Citations

  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
  2. ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Register.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

References

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