Southorn is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.
| Southorn | |
|---|---|
| Elected constituency for the Wan Chai District Council | |
 Boundary of Southorn in Wan Chai District | |
| District | Wan Chai |
| Legislative Council constituency | Hong Kong Island East |
| Population | 14,665 (2019)[1] |
| Electorate | 5,060 (2019)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | One |
| Member(s) | Lee Pik-yee (Independent) |
The constituency returns one district councillor to the Wan Chai District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by Independent Lee Pik-yee.
Southorn constituency is loosely based on Southorn Playground, Spring Garden Lane, Lee Tung Street and Hopewell Centre area of Wan Chai, covering the section of the Hennessy Road, Johnston Road, Queen's Road East, Kennedy Road, Bowen Road, and Magazine Gap Road in Wan Chai with estimated population of 14,665.[3]
Councillors represented
edit| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Peggy Lam Pei | Independent | 67.91 | |
| 1999 | N/A | |||
| 2003 | King Mary Ann Pui-wai | Civic Act-up | 60.69 | |
| 2007 | Lee Pik-yee | Independent | 59.57 | |
| 2011 | 83.20 | |||
| 2015 | 77.00 | |||
| 2019 | 52.00 | |||
Election results
edit2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Pik-yee | 1,790 | 52.00 | ||
| Independent | Chris Chan Kam-shing | 1,652 | 48.00 | ||
| Majority | 138 | 4.00 | |||
| Turnout | 3,451 | 68.22 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Pik-yee | 1,463 | 75.6 | –7.6 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yeung Yau-fung | 437 | 23.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,026 | 52.6 | –13.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,920 | 40.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Pik-yee | 1,604 | 83.2 | +23.6 | |
| PfD | Chung Chor-kit | 324 | 16.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,280 | 66.4 | +38.6 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2000s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Pik-yee | 1,080 | 59.6 | ||
| Civic Act-up | Kellogg Ngai | 577 | 31.8 | −28.9 | |
| Independent | Wong Kwok-hong | 156 | 8.6 | ||
| Independent gain from Civic Act-up | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Act-up | King Mary Ann Pui Wai | 911 | 60.7 | ||
| DAB | Lau Pui-shan | 590 | 39.3 | ||
| Civic Act-up gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peggy Lam Pei | uncontested | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peggy Lam Pei | 1,297 | 67.4 | ||
| Democratic | Chan Miu-tak | 511 | 26.6 | ||
| Independent | Ho Ka-cheung | 102 | 5.3 | ||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission.
- ^ "Age and Sex profile of registered electors by 452 District Council Constituency Areas in 2019" (PDF). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003. Retrieved 23 April 2013.