因為劉志榮喺2008年5月15號病逝，葉傲冬喺同年10月5號嘅佐敦東選區補選中勝出。2011年香港區議會選舉，成功連任。2015年香港區議會選舉因選區重新劃界，當選做佐敦南區議員。2016年，葉傲冬接替鍾港武自動當選做油尖旺區議會主席。
Because Liu Zhirong died of illness on May 15, 2008, Yip Aodong won the Jordan East constituency by-election on October 5 of the same year. In the 2011 Hong Kong District Council election, he was successfully re-elected. In the 2015 Hong Kong District Council election, he was elected as a member of the Jordan South District Council due to the redrawing of constituencies. In 2016, Ye Aodong was automatically elected as the chairman of Yau Tsim Mong District Council after succeeding Chung Kongwu.