Centre Street (constituency)

Centre Street
Elected Constituency for the Central & Western District Council
Boundary of Centre Street in Central & Western District
Region	Central & Western District
Electorate	6,966[1]
Current constituency
Created	1999
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Sidney Lee Chi-hang (Independent)

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

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Independent Sidney Lee.

Centre Street constituency is loosely based on the area around Centre Street in Sai Ying Pun with estimated population of 16,064.^[2]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Henry Leung Yiu-cho	Democratic
	2006 by-election	Sidney Lee Chi-hang	Independent

Election results

2010s

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)

Citations

1. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
2. "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)