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Wu Pei-yi (Chinese: 吳沛憶; born 20 January 1987) is a Taiwanese politician. She served on the Taipei City Council from 2018 to 2024, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan.
As a candidate during the 2018 local election cycle, Wu faced Yu Tian's daughter Yu Shiao-ping in a party primary, and won the Zhongzheng–Wanhua seat in the Taipei City Council that November.[10][11] In March 2019, Wu accused Ko Wen-je of ageism, after he defended statements on the political status of Taiwan made by Huang Ching-yin.[12] In October 2019, Wu expressed concerns about the privacy of personal information and the proposed installation of smart vending machines in Taipei schools.[13] That same year, Wu joined an alliance to promote gender equality and LGBT rights in Taiwan,[14] as well as a Tibet caucus,[15] both formed by her fellow councillors. In 2020, she expressed support for Taipei's Showa Building to be named a cultural heritage site.[16] The following year, Wu criticized the Taipei City Government for its handling of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to markets operated by the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Company and advocated for increased oversight of scooter sharing in the city.[17][18] In January 2022, Wu joined Miao Po-ya's petition against Ko Wen-je's proposal to link the Taipei Pass to COVID-19-related personal information, and stressed the right to privacy.[19] Months later, in further defense of privacy rights, Wu and Miao drew attention to the Taipei City Government giving helpline call recordings to a private artificial intelligence company.[20] In October, Wu disclosed that Ko and former deputy mayor Huang Shan-shan had used money from a second reserve fund and from fifteen city departments to pay for the 2022 Taipei Expo, and called on the pair to apologize.[21] After reports of sexual misconduct affecting Democratic Progressive Party employees came to light in 2023, Wu co-signed a statement offering support, including free legal aid, to the victims.[22][23]
Legislative Yuan
Following Freddy Lim's retirement from the Legislative Yuan,[24] Wu received the Democratic Progressive Party's nomination to contest the Taipei 5 seat held by Lim.[25][26] After Wu was named the nominee over Ili Cheng,[2][27][28] Wu joined a coalition of young candidates known as "The Generation".[29] Of this group, she was the only one to win election,[30] in a ten-person race with 39.81% of the vote.[31]Kuomintang candidate Chung Hsiao-ping [zh] (34.3%) and political independent Belle Yu [zh] (23.1%), finished second and third, respectively. This was the largest field of candidates in any legislative district during the 2024 election.[31]
Personal life
Both of Wu's parents are elementary schoolteachers.[32] She was born on 20 January 1987 in Keelung.[33]
^ abHsiao, Alison (13 January 2024). "ELECTION 2024/No party gets legislative majority; small TPP to play key role". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 January 2024. In Taipei's 5th electoral district (Wanhua/Zhongzheng), where incumbent Freddy Lim (林昶佐) joined the DPP last year but did not seek re-election, a total of 10 candidates competed for the seat -- the most of any electoral district in the country. The DPP's Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) won the race with 39.81 percent of the vote, topping Chung Hsiao-ping (鍾小平) of the KMT, who had 34.3 percent support, and media personality Belle Yu (于美人), who run as an independent and garnered 23.1 percent support.
^"第 ５選舉區（中正、萬華）議員候選人"(PDF) (in Traditional Chinese). Central Election Commission. Archived(PDF) from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
