Water Street (constituency)

Water Street
Elected Constituency for the Central & Western District Council
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)	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]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	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

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)

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.

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.