Belcher (constituency)

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Belcher
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
BelcherConstituency.svg
Boundary of Belcher in Central & Western District
District Central & Western
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island West
Population20,077 (2019) [1]
Electorate10,321 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s) Victor Yeung Sui-yin (Democratic)
Created from Kennedy Town East
Sai Ying Pun West

Belcher is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong.

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

Belcher constituency is loosely based on the area around The Belcher's in Shek Tong Tsui with estimated population of 20,077. [3]

Councillors represented

ElectionMemberParty%
1994 Hung Wing-tat Democratic N/A
1999 Wong Chit-man DAB 52.17
2003 Victor Yeung Sui-yin Democratic 45.31
2007 52.73
2011 Malcolm Lam Wai-wing Independent 47.96
2015 David Yip Wing-shing Independent 50.73
2019 Victor Yeung Sui-yin Democratic 52.66

Election results

2010s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 4,00252.66
Independent David Yip Wing-shing3,52146.34−4.37
Nonpartisan candidate Fung King-yin761.00
Majority4796.32
Turnout 7,61773.81
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan candidate David Yip Wing-shing2,39750.7
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 2,32849.3+2.2
Majority691.4–3.5
Turnout 4,78649.4
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing
Victor Yeung Sui-yin's election poster in the 2011 election. HK Sai Ying Pun night Queen's Road West shop poster Xiang Gang Min Zhu Dang Democratic Party Yang Hao Ran YEUNG Sui Yin Victor Sept-2011.jpg
Victor Yeung Sui-yin's election poster in the 2011 election.
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm Lam Wai-wing1,96848.0N/A
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 1,93547.1-5.6
People Power William Wong Ka-lok2014.9N/A
Majority330.9
Independent gain from Democratic Swing

2000s

Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 2,13552.7+7.4
DAB Wong Wang-hong1,83545.3+12.3
Independent Peter Fong Siu-wah792.0N/A
Majority3007.4-2.9
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 1,93745.3
DAB Wong Chit-man1,49735.0-17.2
Independent Lam Kee-shing84119.7-28.1
Majority44010.3+5.9
Democratic gain from DAB Swing +5.2

1990s

Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DAB Wong Chit-man1,26252.2N/A
Democratic Lam Kee-shing1,15747.8N/A
Majority1054.4N/A
DAB gain from Democratic Swing
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Belcher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Hung Wing-tatuncontested
Democratic win (new seat)

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 21 April 2013.

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