Water Street (constituency)

Water Street
Elected constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Water Street in Central & Western District
District	Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency	Hong Kong Island West
Population	14,983 (2019)[1]
Electorate	7,408 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Kennedy Town East Sai Ying Pun West

Water Street is one of the 15 constituencies of the Central and Western District Council in Hong Kong. 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 an estimated population of 14,983.[3]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party	%
	1994	Lee Kam-hang	Democratic	45.98
	1999	Lesilie Spencer Tai Cheuk-yin	123DA→Independent	52.72
	2003		Independent	51.41
	2007	Wong Kin-shing	Democratic	58.04
	2011			44.55
	2015	Yeung Hok-ming	DAB	53.70
	2019	Ho Chi-wang→Vacant[a]	VSA→Independent	59.62

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Water Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. democrat	Louis 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)

Notes

1. Resigned on 26 May 2021 over new oath-taking law.^[citation needed]

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

• 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)
• Louie, K. S.; Shum, K. C. (1995). Electoral Facts in Hong Kong: 1982–1994. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. ISBN 962-441-519-6.