Water Street (constituency)

Water Street
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council

Outline map

Boundary of Water Street in Central & Western District
Region Central & Western District
Electorate 7,672[1]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of members One
Member(s) Wong Kin-shing (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 Wong Kin-shing of the Democratic Party.

The constituency loosely covers the area around the Water Street in Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 16,919.[2]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Lee Kam-hang Democratic Party
1999 Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin 123 Democratic Alliance
2000 Independent
2007 Wong Kin-shing Democratic Party

Election results

2010s

Central & Western 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 Council Election, 2007: Water Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wong Kin-shing 1,407 58.0 N/A
New Forum 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 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 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 Council 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. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

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