7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. It is scheduled to meet in the Legislative Council Complex, from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025, overlapping the six months of Carrie Lam as the fifth term of the Chief Executive and the sixth term of Chief Executive. The membership of the Legislative Council will be determined in the December 2021 election.

7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Council
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Meeting place	Legislative Council Complex
Term	1 January 2022 –
Election	2021 election
Government	Lam Administration (until 30 June 2022) Lee Administration (Since 1 July 2022)
Members	90 members
President	Andrew Leung (BPA)
Party control	Pro-Beijing camp
Sessions
1st 12 January 2022 –

Originally scheduled for 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam postponed the election for a whole year on 31 July 2020.^[1] On 11 March 2021, the National People's Congress (NPC) passed a decision to drastically overhaul Hong Kong electoral system, which was followed by the Carrie Lam administration promulgated the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021, which changed the general election of the seventh term of the Legislative Council from 5 September to 19 December 2021.^[2] Under the Ordinance, the membership of the Legislative Council increased from 70 to 90 and the members were elected by the Election Committee with 40 seats, functional constituencies with 30 seats, and geographical constituencies with 20 seats respectively.^[3]

Major events

• 1 January 2022: Commencement of this Council's term of office.
• 3 January 2022: Oath-taking ceremony.
• 4 January 2022: Nomination for the president. Andrew Leung re-elected unopposed as the only candidate.^[4]
• 10 January 2022: Originally scheduled for election of the president but cancelled.
• 12 January 2022: Council's first session was convened.
• 19 June 2022: Resignation of Horace Cheung, Alice Mak, Sun Dong and Nelson Lam after appointed as officials of the new government headed by Chief Executive-elect John Lee.^[5][6]
• 18 December 2022: By-election for vacancies of Election Committee constituency. Chan Wing-kwong, Adrian Ho, Shang Hailong, William Wong elected.
• 27 December 2022: Resignation of Stephen Wong after appointed as head of Chief Executive's Policy Unit.

Leadership

 

President Andrew Leung

• President: Andrew Leung (BPA)

Pro-Beijing camp

• Convenor: Martin Liao
• Deputy Convenor: Starry Lee^[7][8]

Centrist

• Convenor: Tik Chi-yuen (as the only member who does not belong to the Pro-Beijing camp^[9])

Secretariat

• Secretary General: Kenneth Chen

Composition

Affiliation		Members
		Elected	Current
	DAB	19	19
	FTU	8	7
	BPA	7	7
	NPP	5	6
	Liberal	4	4
	FEW	2	2
	FLU	2	2
	Roundtable	1	1
	PP	1	1
	KWND	1	1
	New Prospect	1	1
	New Forum	1	1
	Third Side	1	1
	Independent	37	36
Vacant		0	1
Total		90

List of Members

In this Legislative Council, 59 of the 90 members elected in the 2021 election were elected for the first time, or were not members of the last Legislative Council. All members are listed by seniority according to the year of the beginning of consecutive service then the order of swearing in (i.e. the number of strokes in the traditional characters of names in Chinese per precedent) with the president of the Legislative Council being ranked first.^[10]

Order of Precedence (edit)^[11]

№	Constituency		Member returned	Party		Assumed office	Camp	Notes
President of the Legislative Council
01	FC	Industrial (First)	Andrew Leung		BPA	2004	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
Other members
02	FC	Catering	Tommy Cheung		Liberal	2000	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
03	FC	Commercial (First)	Jeffrey Lam		BPA	2004	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
04	GC	Kowloon Central	Starry Lee		DAB	2008	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for District Council (Second) in the last Legislative Council
05	GC	New Territories North East	Gary Chan		DAB	2008	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories East in the last Legislative Council
06	FC	Insurance	Chan Kin-por		Nonpartisan	2008	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
07	EC	Election Committee	Priscilla Leung		BPA	2008	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Kowloon West in the last Legislative Council
08	GC	Hong Kong Island West	Regina Ip		NPP	2008	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Hong Kong Island in the last Legislative Council
09	EC	Election Committee	Paul Tse		Independent	2008	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Kowloon East in the last Legislative Council
10	GC	New Territories North West	Michael Tien		Roundtable	2012	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Hong Kong Island in the last Legislative Council
11	FC	Agriculture and Fisheries	Steven Ho		DAB	2012	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
12	FC	Transport	Frankie Yick		Liberal	2012	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
13	EC	Election Committee	Ma Fung-kwok		New Century Forum	2012	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication in the last Legislative Council
14	GC	New Territories South West	Ben Chan		DAB	2012	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories West in the last Legislative Council
15	FC	Labour	Kwok Wai-keung		FTU	2012	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running; stood for Hong Kong Island in the last Legislative Council
16	EC	Election Committee	Elizabeth Quat		DAB	2012	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories East in the last Legislative Council
17	FC	Commercial (Second)	Martin Liao		Nonpartisan	2012	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
18	FC	Engineering	Lo Wai-kwok		BPA	2012	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
19	FC	Industrial (Second)	Jimmy Ng		BPA	2016	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
20	EC	Election Committee	Junius Ho		Independent	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories West in the last Legislative Council
21	GC	New Territories North West	Holden Chow		DAB	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for District Council (Second) in the last Legislative Council
22	FC	Wholesale and Retail	Peter Shiu		Liberal	2016	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
23	EC	Election Committee	Eunice Yung		NPP/ Civil Force	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories East in the last Legislative Council
24	FC	Finance	Chan Chun-ying		Nonpartisan	2016	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
25	EC	Election Committee	Luk Chung-hung		FTU	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Labour in the last Legislative Council
26	GC	New Territories North	Lau Kwok-fan		DAB	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for District Council (First) in the last Legislative Council
27	FC	Heung Yee Kuk	Kenneth Lau		BPA	2016	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
28	GC	Kowloon West	Vincent Cheng		DAB	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Kowloon West in the last Legislative Council
29	FC	Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape	Tony Tse		Nonpartisan	2016	Pro-Beijing	Seat held
30	EC	Election Committee	Doreen Kong		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
31	FC	Education	Chu Kwok-keung		FEW	2022	Pro-Beijing	Seat gain
32	GC	New Territories South East	Stanley Li		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
33	EC	Election Committee	Hoey Simon Lee		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
34	FC	Financial Services	Robert Lee		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Seat gain
35	GC	New Territories North East	Dominic Lee		NPP	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
36	EC	Election Committee	Lee Chun-keung		Liberal	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
37	FC	Social Welfare	Tik Chi-yuen		Third Side	2022	Non-establishment ^[12]^[13]	Seat gain
38	GC	Hong Kong Island East	Ng Chau-pei		FTU	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
39	EC	Election Committee	Johnny Ng		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
40	FC	Labour	Chau Siu-chung		FLU	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
41	EC	Election Committee	Chow Man-kong		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
42	FC	Medical and Health Services	David Lam		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
43	EC	Election Committee	Lam Chun-sing		FLU	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
44	GC	New Territories South East	Connie Lam		Professional Power	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
45	EC	Election Committee	Nixie Lam		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
46	EC	Election Committee	Dennis Lam		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
47	FC	Legal	Ambrose Lam		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Seat gain
48	EC	Election Committee	Andrew Lam		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
49	FC	Technology and Innovation	Duncan Chiu		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
50	FC	Tourism	Yiu Pak-leung		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
51	EC	Election Committee	Wendy Hong		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
52	FC	Labour	Leung Tsz-wing		FTU	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
53	GC	Kowloon West	Scott Leung		KWND	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
54	GC	Hong Kong Island East	Leung Hei		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
55	EC	Election Committee	Kenneth Leung		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
56	EC	Election Committee	Chan Yuet-ming		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
57	EC	Election Committee	Rock Chen		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
58	EC	Election Committee	Chan Pui-leung		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
59	FC	HKSAR members of NPC and CPPCC, representatives of national organisations	Chan Yung		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
60	FC	Textiles and Garment	Sunny Tan		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Seat gain
61	EC	Election Committee	Judy Chan		NPP	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
62	EC	Election Committee	Maggie Chan		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
63	EC	Election Committee	Chan Siu-hung		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
64	EC	Election Committee	Chan Hoi-yan		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
65	GC	New Territories South West	Chan Wing-yan		FTU	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
66	GC	Hong Kong Island West	Chan Hok-fung		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
67	GC	New Territories North	Gary Zhang		New Prospect	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
68	EC	Election Committee	Lillian Kwok		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
69	EC	Election Committee	Benson Luk		BPA	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
70	FC	Import and Export	Kennedy Wong		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
71	FC	Accountancy	Edmund Wong		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	Seat gain
72	EC	Election Committee	Kingsley Wong		FTU	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
73	GC	Kowloon Central	Kitson Yang		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
74	EC	Election Committee	Peter Douglas Koon		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
75	EC	Election Committee	Tang Fei		FEW	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
76	GC	Kowloon East	Tang Ka-piu		FTU	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
77	EC	Election Committee	Lai Tung-kwok		NPP	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
78	EC	Election Committee	Lau Chi-pang		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
79	FC	Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication	Kenneth Fok		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
80	FC	Real Estate and Construction	Louis Loong		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent not running
81	GC	Kowloon East	Ngan Man-yu		DAB	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
82	EC	Election Committee	Carmen Kan		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
83	EC	Election Committee	Tan Yueheng		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
84	EC	Election Committee	So Cheung-wing		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
85	FC	Commercial (Third)	Erik Yim		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency
86	EC	Election Committee	Adrian Ho		NPP	2022 (b)	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent resigned
87	EC	Election Committee	Shang Hailong		Nonpartisan	2022 (b)	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent resigned
88	EC	Election Committee	Chan Wing-kwong		DAB	2022 (b)	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent resigned
89	EC	Election Committee	William Wong		Nonpartisan	2022 (b)	Pro-Beijing	Previous incumbent resigned
-	EC	Election Committee	Stephen Wong		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency Resigned on 27 December 2022
-	EC	Election Committee	Alice Mak		FTU	2012	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for New Territories West in the last Legislative Council Resigned on 19 June 2022
-	EC	Election Committee	Horace Cheung		DAB	2016	Pro-Beijing	New constituency; stood for Hong Kong Island in the last Legislative Council Resigned on 19 June 2022
-	EC	Election Committee	Nelson Lam		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency Resigned on 19 June 2022
-	EC	Election Committee	Dong Sun		Nonpartisan	2022	Pro-Beijing	New constituency Resigned on 19 June 2022

Seat change

Constituency	By-election Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Election Committee	18 December 2022	Horace Cheung		DAB	Chan Wing-kwong		DAB	Resigned on 19 June 2022 after appointed as Deputy Secretary for Justice in government
Election Committee	18 December 2022	Dong Sun		Nonpartisan	Shang Hailong		Nonpartisan	Resigned on 19 June 2022 after appointed as Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry in government
Election Committee	18 December 2022	Alice Mak		FTU	Adrian Ho		NPP	Resigned on 19 June 2022 after appointed as Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs in government
Election Committee	18 December 2022	Nelson Lam		Nonpartisan	William Wong		Nonpartisan	Resigned on 19 June 2022 after appointed as Director of Audit in government
Election Committee	TBD	Stephen Wong		Nonpartisan	TBD		Nonpartisan	Resigned on 27 December 2022 after appointed as head of Chief Executive's Policy Unit

Committees

• House Committee
  • Parliamentary Liaison Subcommittee
• Finance Committee
  • Establishment Subcommittee
  • Public Works Subcommittee
• Public Accounts Committee
• Committee on Members' Interests
• Committee on Rules of Procedure

Panels

• Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services
• Panel on Commerce and Industry
• Panel on Constitutional Affairs
• Panel on Development
• Panel on Economic Development
• Panel on Education
• Panel on Environmental Affairs
• Panel on Financial Affairs
• Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene
• Panel on Health Services
• Panel on Home Affairs
• Panel on Housing
• Panel on Information Technology and Broadcasting
• Panel on Manpower
• Panel on Security
• Panel on Transport
• Panel on Welfare Services

See also

• 2021 Hong Kong legislative election
• 2022 President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council election

Notes

References

1. "Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation" (PDF). Legislative Council.
2. "Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021". Legislative Council.
3. "Composition of the Legislative Council". Legislative Council.
4. "Andrew Leung re-elected as Legco president". Hong Kong Standard.
5. Standard, The. "Lee's 'united, loyal' team". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
6. "LegCo President congratulates appointment of Principal Officials of sixth-term Government". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
7. Cheung, Tony; Wong, Natalie (6 January 2022). "Pro-establishment bloc sets up team to guide messaging and coordinate work in Hong Kong's expanded legislature". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
8. Shum, Michael (6 January 2022). "Lawmakers should not be rubber stamps: Xia Baolong". The Standard. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
9. "Tik Chi-yuen becomes only non-establishment elected to LegCo". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
10. "Taking of Legislative Council Oath" (pdf). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
11. "Members' Biographies". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
12. "Tik Chi-yuen becomes only non-establishment elected to LegCo". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
13. Ni, Vincent; Kwan, Rhoda (20 December 2021). "West raises concerns after pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.