The Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. Its term of office began on 1 January 2022 and convened on 12 January 2022, in the last six months of Carrie Lam's tenure as Chief Executive and the first three-and-a-half years of John Lee's term of office. The legislature's term of office ended on 31 December 2025.
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| Legislative body | Legislative Council | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Legislative Council Complex | ||||||||
| Term | 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2025 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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The December 2021 election decided control of the legislature. Originally scheduled for 6 September 2020, Chief Executive Carrie Lam postponed the election for a whole year on 31 July 2020. On 11 March 2021, the National People's Congress (NPC) passed a decision to drastically overhaul the 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. 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.
Under the new "patriots only" election rules, the pro-Beijing camp won its largest majority ever, taking 89 out of the 90 seats in the chamber. The pan-democratic and localist camps were left with no representation in the legislature for the first time since the Handover, with political parties disbanded, candidates disqualified from running, and most of their supporters boycotting the election. The 2021 election registered the lowest turnout ever since the introduction of elections to the Legislative Council in 1985, with only 32.22% of registered voters turning out to vote in the functional and geographical constituencies.
The legislators elected in 2021 have been criticised for not showing up to meetings and votes and for failing to submit work reports; in the 2024 legislative year, two-thirds of the 24 bills adopted were passed with under half of all councillors present, falling short of the 45-member quorum requirement. Despite an increase in the size of the council, the number of questions asked by lawmakers has plunged, almost halving from 6,722 in 2020 to 3519 in 2023, with the quality of questions reported as having "plummeted".
Major events
- 1 January 2022: Commencement of this Council's term of office.
- 3 January 2022: Oath-taking ceremony. 3 of the members took oath in Mandarin, namely Chow Man-kong, Sun Dong and Tan Yueheng.
- 4 January 2022: Nomination for the president. Andrew Leung re-elected unopposed as the only candidate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 24 October 2025: Legislative Council prorogued
Major legislation
Enacted
- 9 June 2022: Employment and Retirement Schemes Legislation (Offsetting Arrangement) (Amendment) Bill 2022 - for Mandatory Provident Fund
- 6 July 2023: District Councils (Amendment) Bill 2023
- 12 July 2023: Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2023
- 14 December 2023: Taxi-Driver-Offence Points Bill
- 19 March 2024: Safeguarding National Security Bill
- 26 June 2024: Extension of Government Leases Bill
- 3 July 2024: Social Workers Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024
- 11 July 2024: Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill
- 20 February 2025: Road Tunnels (Government) (Amendment) Bill 2024
- 26 March 2025: Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill
- 7 May 2025: Protection of the Harbour (Amendment) Bill 2024
- 21 May 2025: Stablecoins Bill
- 11 June 2025: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to combat tenancy abuse
- 25 June 2025: Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to tighten union laws on national security grounds
- 23 July 2025: Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill 2025 - following the introduction of code of conduct
- 11 September 2025: Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2025 - to authorise basketball betting
- 11 September 2025: Tobacco Control Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2025
- 26 September 2025: Basic Housing Units Bill - to regulate subdivided flats
- 15 October 2025: Road Traffic (Amendment) (Ride-hailing Service) Bill 2025 - to introduce licenses for ride-hailing service
Defeated
- 10 September 2025: Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill
Leadership
Presiding
- President: Andrew Leung (BPA)
Pro-Beijing camp
- Convenor: Martin Liao
- Deputy Convenor: Starry Lee
Non-aligned
- Tik Chi-yuen (as the only member who does not belong to the Pro-Beijing camp)
Secretariat
- Secretary General:
- Kenneth Chen until 31 July 2024
- Dora Wai from 1 August 2024
Composition
At dissolution
| Affiliation | Members | ||
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| Elected | At dissolution | ||
| DAB | 19 | 19 | |
| BPA | 7 | 9 | |
| FTU | 8 | 7 | |
| NPP | 5 | 6 | |
| Liberal | 4 | 4 | |
| FEW | 2 | 3 | |
| 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 | 33 | |
| 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.
Members who did not serve throughout the term are italicised. Supplementary members elected in by-elections are listed below.
| Capacity | Constituency | Portrait | Elected Members | Elected Party | Political Alignment | Born | Occupation(s) | Assumed Office | |
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| President of the Legislative Council | |||||||||
| FC | Industrial (First) | Andrew Leung | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 24 February 1951 | Merchant | 2004 | ||
| Other members | |||||||||
| FC | Catering | Tommy Cheung | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | 30 September 1949 | Merchant Legislative Councillor | 2000 | ||
| FC | Commercial (First) | Jeffrey Lam | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 23 October 1951 | Merchant | 2004 | ||
| GC | Kowloon Central | Starry Lee | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 13 March 1974 | Accountant Legislative Councillor | 2008 | ||
| GC | New Territories North East | Chan Hak-kan | DAB/NTAS | Pro-Beijing | 24 April 1976 | Legislative Councillor | 2008 | ||
| FC | Insurance | Chan Kin-por | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 10 May 1954 | Legislative Councillor Chief Executive | 2008 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Priscilla Leung | BPA/KWND | Pro-Beijing | 18 November 1960 | Professor Barrister-at-law | 2008 | ||
| GC | Hong Kong Island West | Regina Ip | NPP | Pro-Beijing | 24 August 1950 | Chair of Savantas Policy Institute | 2008 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Paul Tse | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 21 January 1959 | Solicitor | 2008 | ||
| GC | New Territories North West | Michael Tien | Roundtable | Pro-Beijing | 26 August 1950 | Legislative Councillor Entrepreneur | 2012 | ||
| FC | Agriculture and Fisheries | Steven Ho | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 30 November 1979 | Legislative Councillor | 2012 | ||
| FC | Transport | Frankie Yick | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | 1953 | Company Director | 2012 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Ma Fung-kwok | New Forum | Pro-Beijing | 22 July 1955 | Managing Director | 2012 | ||
| GC | New Territories South West | Chan Han-pan | DAB/NTAS | Pro-Beijing | 1975 | Legislative Councillor | 2012 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Alice Mak | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 1 November 1971 | Legislative Councillor | 2012 | ||
| GC | Labour | Kwok Wai-keung | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 15 April 1978 | Legislative Councillor Eastern District Councillor | 2012 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Elizabeth Quat | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 23 December 1966 | Legislative Councillor | 2012 | ||
| FC | Commercial (Second) | Martin Liao | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1957 | Barrister-at-law | 2012 | ||
| FC | Engineering | Lo Wai-kwok | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 25 December 1953 | Engineer | 2012 | ||
| FC | Industrial (Second) | Jimmy Ng | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 17 June 1969 | Company Director | 2016 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Junius Ho | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 4 June 1962 | Solicitor | 2016 | ||
| GC | New Territories North West | Holden Chow | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 7 June 1979 | Solicitor | 2016 | ||
| FC | Wholesale and Retail | Shiu Ka-fai | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | 22 April 1970 | Company Director | 2016 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Yung Hoi-yan | NPP/CF | Pro-Beijing | 7 June 1977 | Barrister-at-law | 2016 | ||
| FC | Finance | Chan Chun-ying | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1961 | Advisor | 2016 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Cheung Kwok-kwan | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 30 June 1974 | Solicitor | 2016 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Luk Chung-hung | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 21 September 1978 | Legislative Councillor | 2016 | ||
| GC | New Territories North | Lau Kwok-fan | DAB/NTAS | Pro-Beijing | 28 June 1978 | Legislative Councillor | 2016 | ||
| FC | Heung Yee Kuk | Kenneth Lau | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 1966 | Merchant | 2016 | ||
| GC | Kowloon West | Vincent Cheng | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 18 July 1979 | Legislative Councillor | 2018 (b) | ||
| FC | Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape | Tony Tse | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 27 October 1954 | Surveyor | 2018 (b) | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Doreen Kong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 12 July 1970 | Solicitor | 2022 | ||
| FC | Education | Chu Kwok-keung | FEW | Pro-Beijing | Unknown | School Principal | 2022 | ||
| GC | New Territories South East | Stanley Li | DAB/NTAS | Pro-Beijing | 12 August 1983 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Hoey Simon Lee | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1977 | Chief Strategy Officer | 2022 | ||
| FC | Financial Services | Robert Lee | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1980 | Company Director | 2022 | ||
| GC | New Territories North East | Dominic Lee | NPP/CF | Pro-Beijing | 22 January 1984 | Company Director | 2022 | ||
| FC | Social Welfare | Tik Chi-yuen | Third Side | Non-aligned | 24 September 1957 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Lee Chun-keung | Liberal | Pro-Beijing | 22 August 1984 | Legislative Councillor Manager | 2022 | ||
| GC | Hong Kong Island East | Stanley Ng | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 1970 | Trade Unionist | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Johnny Ng | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1974 | Company Director | 2022 | ||
| FC | Labour | Chau Siu-chung | FLU | Pro-Beijing | 1970 | Trade Unionist | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chow Man-kong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | Unknown | Associate Vice President of the Education University of Hong Kong | 2022 | ||
| FC | Medical and Health Services | David Lam | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1966 | Surgeon | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Lam Chun-sing | FLU | Pro-Beijing | 1981 | Trade Unionist | 2022 | ||
| GC | New Territories South East | Lam So-wai | Professional Power | Pro-Beijing | 31 December 1987 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Nixie Lam | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 13 March 1982 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Nelson Lam | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 20 August 1968 | Accountant | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Dennis Lam | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 13 March 1982 | Doctor | 2022 | ||
| FC | Legal | Lam San-keung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1961 | Solicitor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Andrew Lam | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1961 | Company Chairman | 2022 | ||
| FC | Technology and Innovation | Duncan Chiu | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1974 | Merchant | 2022 | ||
| FC | Tourism | Yiu Pak-leung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 11 March 1974 | Chairman of the China Travel Service (Hong Kong) | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Wendy Hong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1975 | Head of Research | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Sun Dong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1967 | Chair Professor of the City University of Hong Kong | 2022 | ||
| FC | Labour | Dennis Leung | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 6 October 1973 | Community Officer | 2022 | ||
| GC | Kowloon West | Leung Man-kwong | KWND | Pro-Beijing | 3 August 1984 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| GC | Hong Kong Island East | Edward Leung | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 8 March 1985 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Kenneth Leung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 3 March 1984 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chan Yuet-ming | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1972 | Legislative Councillor North District Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Rock Chen | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 6 June 1966 | Investment Manager Company Director | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chan Pui-leung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1959 | Legislative Councillor China Taiping Insurance (HK) Company Limited General Manager | 2022 | ||
| FC | HKSAR members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations | Chan Yung | DAB/NTAS | Pro-Beijing | 6 June 1966 | Hong Kong Deputies to the National People's Congress Legislative Councillor Social Worker | 2022 | ||
| FC | Textiles and Garment | Sunny Tan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1973 | Legislative Councillor Merchant | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Judy Chan | NPP | Pro-Beijing | 4 April 1980 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Maggie Chan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 3 February 1969 | Solicitor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chan Siu-hung | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1958 | Engineer | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chan Hoi-yan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 19 November 1977 | Legislative Councillor Company Director | 2022 | ||
| GC | New Territories South West | Joephy Chan | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 16 December 1989 | Trade Unionist | 2022 | ||
| GC | Hong Kong Island West | Chan Hok-fung | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 1976 | Banker | 2022 | ||
| GC | New Territories North | Gary Zhang | New Prospect | Pro-Beijing | 1989 | Engineer | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Lilian Kwok | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 20 April 1979 | Teacher | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Benson Luk | BPA | Pro-Beijing | 3 December 1983 | Chief Strategy Officer | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Wong Yue-shan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 22 December 1975 | Our Hong Kong Foundation Senior Vice President Executive Director of Public Policy Institute | 2022 | ||
| FC | Import and Export | Kennedy Wong | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 23 February 1963 | Solicitor | 2022 | ||
| FC | Accountancy | Edmund Wong | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 7 January 1985 | Accountant | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Kingsley Wong | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 1968 | Trade Unionist | 2022 | ||
| GC | Kowloon Central | Yang Wing-kit | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1968 | Legislative Councillor Kowloon City District Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Peter Koon | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 2 December 1965 | Clergyman | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Tang Fei | FEW | Pro-Beijing | Unknown | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| GC | Kowloon East | Tang Ka-piu | FTU | Pro-Beijing | 29 October 1979 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Lai Tung-kwok | NPP | Pro-Beijing | 12 November 1951 | Legislative Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Lau Chi-pang | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1960 | Associate Vice President of Lingnan University | 2022 | ||
| FC | Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication | Kenneth Fok | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 2 July 1979 | Merchant | 2022 | ||
| FC | Real Estate and Construction | Louis Loong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1951 | Business Executive | 2022 | ||
| GC | Kowloon East | Ngan Man-yu | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 31 August 1986 | Legislative Councillor Kwun Tong District Councillor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Carmen Kan | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1968 | Solicitor | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Tan Yueheng | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1962 | Chairman of BOCOM International Holdings | 2022 | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | So Cheung-wing | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1960 | 2022 | |||
| FC | Commercial (Third) | Yim Kong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1972 | Business Executive | 2022 | ||
| Supplementary members | |||||||||
| ECC | Election Committee | Adrian Ho | NPP | Pro-Beijing | 1977 | Company Director | 2022 (b) | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Shang Hailong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1982 | Merchant | 2022 (b) | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | Chan Wing-kwong | DAB | Pro-Beijing | 1963 | Chinese Medicine Practitioner Legislative Councillor | 2022 (b) | ||
| ECC | Election Committee | William Wong | Independent | Pro-Beijing | 1960 | Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong | 2022 (b) | ||
Changes
- 15 June 2022: Scott Leung (Kowloon West), Kitson Yang (Kowloon Central), Connie Lam (New Territories South East), and Gary Zhang (New Territories North) formed the A4 Alliance.
- 6 July 2022: Sunny Tan (Textiles and Garment) joined the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA).
- 1 October 2022: Louis Loong (Real Estate and Construction) joined the BPA.
- 10 December 2022: Lau Chi-pang (Election Committee) became president of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers.
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
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