Ex-Hong Kong district councillor becomes second from city to sit on English local authority amid emigration wave
- Andy Ng, of the Liberal Democrats, will represent the Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates ward of Wokingham Borough Council
- ‘They have chosen a Hongkonger to represent them in the council because we share similar values,’ he says
A former Hong Kong district councillor has been elected to a British local authority, the second from the city to join the UK’s political scene amid the emigration wave.
Andy Ng Siu-hong on Friday announced his victory in the Wokingham Borough Council election. The councillor-elect will represent the Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates ward on the Berkshire local authority.
The Liberal Democrats, Ng’s party, also celebrated a significant win in the Wokingham election after it took 27 out of its 54 seats, a major success for the party.
Ng, who holds British citizenship, won one of the three seats in the Maiden Erlegh and Whitegates ward, where he bagged 1,162 votes.
The victory “has proven that Hongkongers can still win by participating in politics in Britain”, he told media.
He added that the result indicated how well Hongkongers had integrated into British society.
