7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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
1st	12 January 2022 –

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.

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

Affiliation		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 ()[11]
№	Constituency		Member returned		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		Winner		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

Notes

References

"Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation" (PDF). Legislative Council.
"Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Ordinance 2021". Legislative Council.
"Composition of the Legislative Council". Legislative Council.
"Andrew Leung re-elected as Legco president". Hong Kong Standard.
Standard, The. "Lee's 'united, loyal' team". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
"LegCo President congratulates appointment of Principal Officials of sixth-term Government". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
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.
Shum, Michael (6 January 2022). "Lawmakers should not be rubber stamps: Xia Baolong". The Standard. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
"Tik Chi-yuen becomes only non-establishment elected to LegCo". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
"Taking of Legislative Council Oath" (pdf). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
"Members' Biographies". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
"Tik Chi-yuen becomes only non-establishment elected to LegCo". The Standard. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
Ni, Vincent; Kwan, Rhoda (20 December 2021). "West raises concerns after pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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[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.