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Ng Siu-hong

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Andy Siu-hong Ng
吳兆康
Ng attending a Central and Western District Council meeting in 2020
Wokingham Borough Councillor
Assumed office
May 2024 (2024-05)
ConstituencyMaiden Erlegh & Whitegates
Central and Western District Councillor
In office
1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) – 30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)
Preceded byJackie Cheung
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMid Levels East
Majority1,521 (50.9%)
Personal details
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Hong Kong
Political partyLiberal Democrats (UK) (2023–)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Party (HK) (?–2021)
Residence(s)Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Andy Siu-hong Ng (Cantonese: 吳兆康, Cantonese Yale: ǹgh shiuh hōng,born 1979) is a Hong Kong-born English politician. Ng is now a local councillor in Wokingham, England and was a councillor in the Central and Western District Council in Hong Kong.[1]

Early life

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Ng attended Raimondi College, on the Mid-Levels in the City of Victoria on Hong Kong Island – which served as the polling station of the constituency he later represented. He was a graphic designer.

Political career

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Hong Kong

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Ng, a member of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong,[2] was first elected to the Mid-Levels East constituency in the 2015 local elections after winning 50.9% of votes and defeating a pro-Beijing candidate. He is considered a close ally of Ted Hui, a councillor of the same party for a neighbouring constituency in the district.[3] In June 2018 he was attacked by a resident while promoting the annual 1 July march, apparently over his opposition against local liquor licences.[4]

His majority in the constituency was further increased in the 2019 elections, to 57.28% (2,672 votes) with a gain of 6.38%, amidst the large wave of anti-government protests.[5] He resigned on 29 April 2021, effective from May, after the government intended to introduce oath-taking requirement for local councillors.[6] Ng later revealed that he resigned because he was concerned of his involvement in the democracy movement.[7]

United Kingdom

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Ng's family migrated to Reading, England in 2021. He joined various local groups to assist[clarify] Hongkongers, and became a member of the Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was selected to run for the seat of Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates in the Wokingham Borough Council in the 2024 local elections.[7] Ng was elected with 1,162 votes to the three-member ward.[8] Ng is the second from Hong Kong to sit on an English local authority[9] after Ying Perrett who secured a seat at the Bisley & West End ward of Surrey Heath Borough Council in the November 2023 elections,[10] and the first who had held an elected office in Hong Kong. Ng believed voters "have chosen a Hongkonger to represent them in the council because we share similar values", and the victory "has proven that Hongkongers can still win by participating in politics in Britain".[10]

Electoral performances

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Borough of Wokingham

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Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Jorgensen* 1,187 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton* 1,182 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andy Siu-Hong Ng 1,162 11.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Smith* 1,133 10.8 N/A
Conservative Wazir Hussain 1,110 10.6 N/A
Labour Richard McKenzie 1,026 9.9 N/A
Labour Vikram Duhan 959 9.1 N/A
Conservative Ranga Madhu 956 9.1 N/A
Labour Tony Skuse* 898 8.6 N/A
Green Samuel Langlois 493 4.7 N/A
Independent Ibrahim Mohammed 336 3.2 N/A
Majority 29
Total valid votes 10463
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 3,752 46.07%

Central and Western District

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Central & Western District Council Election, 2019: Mid Levels East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ng Siu-hong 2,672 57.28 +6.38
DAB Samuel Mok Kam-sum 1,993 42.72
Majority 679 14.56
Turnout 4,685 69.84
Democratic hold Swing
Central & Western District Council Election, 2015: Mid Levels East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ng Siu-hong 1,521 50.9 +3.3
Independent Jackie Cheung Yick-hung 1,466 49.1 –8.9
Majority 55 1.8 –17.6
Turnout 3,013 45.5
Democratic gain from Independent Swing +6.1

Personal life

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Ng is married with two children. The family is Catholic.

References

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  1. ^ "Hong Kong polls: Record turnout in 1st vote since protests started". LiveMint.com. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. ^ "Introduction To Candidate". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  3. ^ 林劍 (2021-04-29). "區議員宣誓︱許智峯「戰友」吳兆康突宣布辭任 未說明原因". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ Kao, Ernest (28 June 2018). "Man 'kicked plastic stool from under' Democratic Party district councillor Ng Siu-hong as he promoted Hong Kong's annual July 1 march". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 District Councils Election - Election Results". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  6. ^ "民主黨吳兆康辭任中西區區議員 未交代是否與宣誓有關 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. ^ a b Wu, Carmen (2024-03-08). "專訪|吳兆康出選禾京咸區議會 成首位移英前香港區議員參選". 棱角媒體 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  8. ^ "Local government and PCC election results 2024". 4 April 2024.
  9. ^ "香港前區議員當選英國禾京咸地方議會議員 吳兆康:望港人更有效在議會內外發聲". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2024-05-04. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  10. ^ a b Cheung, Ezra (2024-05-04). "Hongkonger elected to UK local authority after moving under BN(O) migrant scheme". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-05-04.