Southorn (constituency)

Southorn
Elected Constituency for the Wan Chai District Council
Boundary of Southorn in Wan Chai District
Region	Wan Chai District
Electorate	4,910[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Number of members	One
Member(s)	Lee Pik-yee (Independent)

Southorn is one of the 11 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.

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 14,862.^[2]

Councillors represented

Election		Member	Party
	1994	Peggy Lam Pei	Independent
	2003	King Mary Ann Pui Wai	Civic Act-up
	2007	Lee Pik-yee	Independent

Election results

2010s

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^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Lee Pik-yee	1,604	83.2	+23.6
	PD	Chung Chor-kit	324	16.8
Majority			1,280	66.4	+38.6
	Independent hold		Swing

2000s

Wan Chai District Council Election, 2007: Southorn^[3]

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^[3]

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^[3]

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

Wan Chai District Council Election, 1994: Southorn^[3]

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. "2011 District Councils Election - Election Brief". Hong Kong Government. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. "2011 District Councils Election - Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. Li, Pang-kwong. "香港選舉資料庫". 嶺南大學公共管治研究部. Retrieved 23 April 2013.