Many Hong Kongers live in areas where Britain’s perennial third party is competitive. Which means if they are successful in winning a new constituency over, it could play a decisive role in several seats
Ying Perrett never saw herself as particularly political. She believed in democracy, but did not play an active role in the protests that roiled her native Hong Kong in 2019. But when the authorities began cracking down the following year, she felt alarm, particularly when she learned of new requirements for schools to teach kids about national security and being patriotic to China.
Sarah Cheung Johnson, chair of the Chinese Liberal Democrats, a group within the centrist party, said the Lib Dems see Hong Kongers as a natural constituency, given that many BNO migrants tend to be highly educated, economically secure and politically moderate. This is what drew Ms. Perrett to the party when she decided to get involved in local politics in her new home in Surrey, southwest of London. Bilingual in English and Cantonese, she found herself helping many other migrants with tax and housing issues and eventually decided to run for election, choosing the Lib Dems because “this is one party that has really stood up for me in the past.”, he said all Hong Kongers moving to the U.K.
Most BNO holders do not express a strong party affiliation, and some Hong Kongers living in the U.K. have sought to highlight their potential value as swing voters. Last year, Ian Ng helped launch the Vote 4 HK campaign, with the stated aim of “maximizing the leverage of Hong Kongers” by mobilizing voters in marginal constituencies.
“We are in touch with the three main party headquarters and many parliamentary candidates in constituencies with a significant presence of Hong Kongers, and they are generally willing to sign,” Mr. Ng said.
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