Southorn (constituency)

Southorn
Former 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]
Former constituency
Created	1994
Abolished	2023
Number of members	One

Southorn was one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.

It returned one member of the district council until it was abolished the 2023 electoral reforms.

Southorn constituency was 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

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

2010s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2019: Southorn

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Southorn

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Southorn ^[4]

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Southorn ^[4]

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Southorn ^[4]

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Southorn ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peggy Lam Pei	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1994: Southorn ^[4]

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

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). Registration and Electoral Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. 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.