Southorn (constituency)

Last updated

Southorn
Elected constituency
for the Wan Chai District Council
SouthornConstituency.svg
Boundary of Southorn in Wan Chai District
District Wan Chai
Legislative Council constituency Hong Kong Island East
Population14,665 (2019) [1]
Electorate5,060 (2019) [2]
Current constituency
Created 1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Lee Pik-yee (Independent)

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

Contents

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

ElectionMemberParty%
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lee Pik-yee1,79052.00
Independent Chris Chan Kam-shing1,65248.00
Majority1384.00
Turnout 3,45168.22
Independent hold Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2015: Southorn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lee Pik-yee1,46375.6–7.6
Nonpartisan Yeung Yau-fung43723.0
Majority1,02652.6–13.8
Turnout 1,92040.6
Independent hold Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2011: Southorn [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lee Pik-yee1,60483.2+23.6
PfD Chung Chor-kit32416.8
Majority1,28066.4+38.6
Independent hold Swing

2000s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Southorn [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lee Pik-yee1,08059.6
Civic Act-up Kellogg Ngai57731.8-28.9
Independent Wong Kwok-hong1568.6
Independent gain from Civic Act-up Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 2003: Southorn [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Act-up King Mary Ann Pui Wai91160.7
DAB Lau Pui-shan59039.3
Civic Act-up gain from Independent Swing

1990s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1999: Southorn [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peggy Lam Pei uncontested
Independent hold Swing
Wan Chai District Council Election, 1994: Southorn [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peggy Lam Pei 1,29767.4
Democratic Chan Miu-tak51126.6
Independent Ho Ka-cheung1025.3
Independent win (new seat)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Causeway Bay</span> District of Hong Kong Island

Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres. The rents in the shopping areas of Causeway Bay were ranked as the world's most expensive for the second year in a row in 2013, after overtaking New York City's Fifth Avenue in 2012. When referring to the area, the Cantonese name is never written in English as "Tung Lo Wan".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wan Chai station</span> MTR station on Hong Kong Island

Wan Chai is a station on the Island line of the Hong Kong MTR. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the Wan Chai locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath Hennessy Road, a major trunk road connecting the Central and Eastern districts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southorn Playground</span> Sports ground in Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Southorn Playground is a sports and recreational ground in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It comprises a football pitch, four basketball courts, and a children's playground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenwood Terrace</span> Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Greenwood Terrace is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong near Chai Wan Division Police Station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and New World Development, and has a total of seven residential blocks built in 1985 and is one of the largest estates in Chai Wan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wan Tsui Estate</span> Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Wan Tsui Estate is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong located at a part of former Chai Wan Estate and opposite to MTR Chai Wan station. It now has eleven residential buildings completed between 1979 and 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yue Wan Estate</span> Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Yue Wan Estate is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, near Chai Wan Park, Tsui Wan Estate and Tsui Lok Estate. Built on the reclaimed land in Chai Wan, the estate consists of 4 residential blocks, which were developed in 2 phases and built in 1977 and 1978 respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tsui Wan Estate</span> Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Tsui Wan Estate is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, near Chai Wan Park, Yue Wan Estate and Tsui Lok Estate. Built on the reclaimed land in Chai Wan, the estate consists of 4 residential blocks completed in 1988. In 1999, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neptune Terrace</span> Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Neptune Terrace is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong near Greenwood Terrace and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and New World Development and has a total of three residential blocks built in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chung Wan (constituency)</span>

Chung Wan is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong, was represented in the Central and Western District Council by Hui Chi-fung of the Democratic Party, who became an Independent on 3 December 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broadwood (constituency)</span>

Broadwood is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council in Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. it was first created in 1999 and is now held by Legislative Councillor Paul Tse Wai-chun. The boundary is loosely based on the area of Broadwood Road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tai Hang (constituency)</span>

Tai Hang is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yue Wan (constituency)</span>

Yue Wan is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lok Hong (constituency)</span>

Lok Hong is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fei Tsui (constituency)</span>

Fei Tsui is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. Since its creation in the 1994 election, the seat was last held by Joseph Lai Chi-keong who was the member of the Democratic Party then the Civic Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fuk Loi (constituency)</span>

Fuk Loi is one of the 17 constituencies in the Tsuen Wan District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Causeway Bay (constituency)</span>

Causeway Bay is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hennessy (constituency)</span> Electoral division in Hong Kong

Hennessy is one of the 13 constituencies in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tin Hau (constituency)</span>

Tin Hau is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council of Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the Tin Hau and Lai Tak Tsuen with estimated population of 15,051. It was transferred to the Wan Chai District in the District Council election in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victoria Park (constituency)</span>

Victoria Park, formerly called Causeway Bay North, is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council of Hong Kong. The seat elects one member of the council every four years. It was first created in Hong Kong district board elections, 1994. The constituency boundary is loosely based on the residential area east of the Victoria Park with estimated population of 13,412. Prior to the District Council election in 2015, it was a constituency of the Eastern District Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tsui Wan (constituency)</span>

Tsui Wan is one of the 37 constituencies in the Eastern District, Hong Kong. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years.

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. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.