Centre Street (constituency)

Centre Street
Elected constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Centre Street in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	15,003 (2019)[1]
Electorate	6,980 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Number of members	One
Member(s)	(Vacant)
Created from	Tung Wah University Water Street

Centre Street is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years.

Centre Street constituency is loosely based on the area around Centre Street in Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 15,003.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1999	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	Democratic	58.99
	2003			65.95
	2006 by-election	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	Independent	50.52
	2007			64.98
	2011			59.19
	2015			50.50
	2019	Cheung Kai-yin→Vacant[a]	Democratic	58.90

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cheung Kai-yin	2,909	58.90	+9.40
	Nonpartisan	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	2,030	41.10	−9.40
Majority			879	17.80
Turnout			4,954	70.98
	Democratic gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	1,654	50.5	–9.3
	Democratic	Cheung Kai-yin	1,621	49.5
Majority			33	1.0	–17.4
Turnout			3,322	50.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	1,739	59.2	−5.8
	Land Justice League	Wong Ho-yin	1,199	40.8	N/A
Majority			540	18.4	−11.6
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	2,013	65.0	+15.3
	Independent	Victor Lee Kwok-chuen	1,085	35.0	N/A
Majority			928	30.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Centre Street by-election 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (FTU)	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	1,128	49.7
	Democratic	Nelson Wong Kin-shing	907	41.6	−14.4
	Independent	Louis Leung Wing-on	198	8.7	N/A
Majority			221	8.1
	Independent gain from Democratic		Swing

Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,693	66.0	+7.0
	DAB	Lau Yeung-fun	750	29.2	−11.8
	Independent	So Lai-yung	124	24.8
Majority			943	36.8	+18.8
	Democratic hold		Swing

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Centre Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	1,063	59.0	N/A
	DAB	Tong Wai-yuen	739	41.0	N/A
Majority			324	18.0	(new)
	Democratic win (new seat)

Notes

1. Resigned on 8 July 2021 over new oath-taking law.

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

• 2011 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2007 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 2006 Central and Western District Council Centre Street Constituency By-election Result
• 2003 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)
• 1999 District Council Election Results (Central & Western)