Andrew Wan

Andrew Wan Siu-kin (Chinese: 尹兆堅; born 7 June 1969) is the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Party and is a member of the Kwai Tsing District Council for Shek Yam constituency. He was elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election through New Territories West.

Andrew Wan Siu-kin
尹兆堅
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 October 2016  1 December 2020
Preceded byLeung Yiu-chung
ConstituencyNew Territories West
Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office
2 December 2018  6 December 2020
ChairpersonWu Chi-wai
Preceded byLi Wing-shing
Succeeded byLam Cheuk-ting
Edith Leung
In office
14 December 2014  4 December 2016
ChairpersonEmily Lau
Preceded byRichard Tsoi
Succeeded byLi Wing-shing
Member of the Kwai Tsing District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2020
Preceded byLi Sai-lung
ConstituencyShek Yam
In office
1 January 2004  31 December 2015
Preceded byLi Chi-fai
Succeeded byLi Sai-lung
ConstituencyShek Yam
Personal details
Born (1969-06-07) 7 June 1969
Hong Kong
Political partyNeighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (2002–08)
Democratic Party (2009–present)
Alma materCity University of Hong Kong (BSS)
University of Essex (MA)
OccupationSocial worker
District councillor
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Career

Born in 1969, Wan graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with the Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSc) in Social Work and studied at the University of Essex from 2006 and graduated with Bachelor and Master of Arts in Sociology.

In 2002, he joined the pro-democracy Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) as the assistant of legislator Leung Yiu-chung and ran in the 2003 District Council elections, defeating the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) in Shek Yam and was re-elected in 2007. He partnered with Leung Yiu-chung in the 2004 Legislative Council election in the second place and helped Leung to win a seat the LegCo although he was not elected himself.

Wan quit the NWSC in 2008 and joined the Democratic Party in 2009. In the 2014 party leadership election, he was elected as Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Party.[1]

In 2015 Hong Kong district council elections, he lost his seat in the Kwai Tsing District Council to newcoming Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Li Sai-lung in Shek Yam with a margin of 54 votes. He was elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election through New Territories West.

Arrest

Wan was arrested on 1 November 2020, along with six other democrats, in connection with the melee that had broken out in the LegCo on 8 May 2020. On that day, Starry Lee, the incumbent chair of the House Committee of the Legislative Council, had attempted to commence a meeting of the Committee after extended stalling tactics of the pan-democratic camp over the previous months.[2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Li Chi-fai
Member of Kwai Tsing District Council
Representative for Shek Yam
2004–2015
Succeeded by
Li Sai-lung
Preceded by
Li Sai-lung
Member of Kwai Tsing District Council
Representative for Shek Yam
2020–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Richard Tsoi
Vice Chairperson of Democratic Party
2014–2016
Served alongside: Lo Kin-hei
Succeeded by
Li Wing-shing
Preceded by
Li Wing-shing
Vice Chairperson of Democratic Party
2018–present
Served alongside: Lo Kin-hei
Succeeded by
Lam Cheuk-ting
Edith Leung
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Leung Yiu-chung
Member of Legislative Council
Representative for New Territories West
2016–2020
Vacant
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