Water Street (constituency)
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Elected Constituency for the Central & Western District Council |
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Boundary of Water Street in Central & Western District
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Region | Central & Western District |
Electorate | 7,672[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Number of members | One |
Member(s) | Yeung Hok-ming (Democratic) |
Created from | 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. It is currently held by Yeung Hok-ming of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
The constituency loosely covers the area around the Water Street in Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 16,919.[2]
Contents
Councillors represented
Election | Member | Party | |
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1994 | Lee Kam-hang | Democratic | |
1999 | Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin | 123DA | |
2000 | Independent | ||
2007 | Wong Kin-shing | Democratic | |
2007 | Yeung Hok-ming | DAB |
Election results
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
References
- 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
- 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
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