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Belcher (constituency)

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Belcher
Elected constituency
for the Central & Western District Council
Outline map
Boundary of Belcher in Central & Western District
DistrictCentral & Western
Legislative Council constituencyHong Kong Island West
Population20,077 (2019)[1]
Electorate10,321 (2019)[2]
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of membersOne
Member(s)Victor Yeung Sui-yin (Democratic)
Created fromKennedy Town East
Sai Ying Pun West

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

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

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Election Member Party %
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

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2010s

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Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 4,002 52.66
Independent David Yip Wing-shing 3,521 46.34 −4.37
Nonpartisan Fung King-yin 76 1.00
Majority 479 6.32
Turnout 7,617 73.81
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David Yip Wing-shing 2,397 50.7
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 2,328 49.3 +2.2
Majority 69 1.4 –3.5
Turnout 4,786 49.4
Nonpartisan gain from Independent Swing
Victor Yeung Sui-yin's election poster in the 2011 election.
Central & Western District Council Election, 2011: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Malcolm Lam Wai-wing 1,968 48.0 N/A
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 1,935 47.1 −5.6
People Power William Wong Ka-lok 201 4.9 N/A
Majority 33 0.9
Independent gain from Democratic Swing

2000s

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Central & Western District Council Election, 2007: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 2,135 52.7 +7.4
DAB Wong Wang-hong 1,835 45.3 +12.3
Independent Peter Fong Siu-wah 79 2.0 N/A
Majority 300 7.4 −2.9
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2003: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Victor Yeung Sui-yin 1,937 45.3
DAB Wong Chit-man 1,497 35.0 −17.2
Independent Lam Kee-shing 841 19.7 −28.1
Majority 440 10.3 +5.9
Democratic gain from DAB Swing +5.2

1990s

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Central & Western District Council Election, 1999: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DAB Wong Chit-man 1,262 52.2 N/A
Democratic Lam Kee-shing 1,157 47.8 N/A
Majority 105 4.4 N/A
DAB gain from Democratic Swing
Central & Western District Board Election, 1994: Belcher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hung Wing-tat uncontested
Democratic win (new seat)

Citations

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ "2011 District Councils Election – Summary of the District Council Constituency Areas". Hong Kong Government. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

References

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