8th Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Eighth Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the upcoming meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. Its term of office will begin on 1 January 2026.

8th Legislative Council of
Hong Kong
7th LegCo 9th LegCo
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Council
JurisdictionHong Kong
Meeting placeLegislative Council Complex
Term1 January 2026 –
Election2025 election
GovernmentLee Administration
Members90 members
Party controlPro-Beijing camp

This is the second "patriot-only" parliament, and is composed of solely pro-Beijing members for the first time without any legislator claiming to be from the "non-establishment". The allocation of seats remains the same as the last session; only 20 seats were elected directly through geographical constituencies, plus 40 seats selected by the Election Committee and 20 seats allocated to the functional constituencies.

Starry Lee was elected as the president of the council on 8 January 2026 after defeating the other canddidate Chan Chun-ying.

Major events

  • 1 January 2026: Commencement of this council's term of office.
  • 8 January 2026: Election of the president of the council.
  • 14 January 2026: First Council Meeting.

Leadership

  • President: Starry Lee
  • President of the House Committee: Chan Chun-ying

Pro-Beijing camp

After her election as the President, Starry Lee established a new 12-member "coordination group" in order to make the legislature more efficient and effective. The group will handle various legislature's affairs such as selecting the chairmen and members of panels.

  • Chief Coordinators: Chan Chun-ying, Ng Chau-pei
  • Party representatives: Gary Chan (DAB), Jimmy Ng (BPA), Ng Chau-pei (FTU), Peter Shiu (Liberal), Judy Chan (NPP)
  • Leader of Geographical Constituency members: Holden Chow, Kitson Yang
  • Leader of Functional Constituency members: Peter Shiu, Lee Wai-wang
  • Leader of Election Committee Constituency members: Priscilla Leung, Chan Siu-hung, Yiu Pak-leung

Secretariat

Composition

Affiliation Members
Elected Current
DAB 20 20
BPA 8 8
FTU 7 7
Liberal 4 4
NPP 3 3
FEW 2 3
FLU 2 2
Roundtable 1 1
PP 1 1
KWND 1 1
NTAS 1 1
Independent 40 39
Total 90

List of Members

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
President of the Legislative Council
GC Kowloon Central Starry Lee DAB Pro-Beijing (1974-03-13)13 March 1974 Accountant
Legislative Councillor
2008
Other members
GC New Territories North East Chan Hak-kan DAB/NTAS Pro-Beijing (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 Legislative Councillor 2008
ECC Election Committee Priscilla Leung BPA/KWND Pro-Beijing (1960-11-18)18 November 1960 Professor
Barrister-at-law
2008
ECC Election Committee Steven Ho DAB Pro-Beijing (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 Legislative Councillor 2012
ECC Election Committee Chan Han-pan DAB/NTAS Pro-Beijing 1975 (1975) Legislative Councillor 2012
ECC Election Committee Elizabeth Quat DAB Pro-Beijing (1966-12-23)23 December 1966 Legislative Councillor 2012
FC Industrial (Second) Jimmy Ng BPA Pro-Beijing (1969-06-17)17 June 1969 Company Director 2016
ECC Election Committee Junius Ho Independent Pro-Beijing (1962-06-04)4 June 1962 Solicitor 2016
GC New Territories North West Holden Chow DAB/NTAS Pro-Beijing (1979-06-07)7 June 1979 Solicitor 2016
FC Wholesale and Retail Shiu Ka-fai Liberal Pro-Beijing (1970-04-22)22 April 1970 Company Director 2016
FC Finance Chan Chun-ying Independent Pro-Beijing 1961 (1961) Advisor 2016
FC Heung Yee Kuk Kenneth Lau BPA Pro-Beijing 1966 (1966) Company vice-chairman 2016
GC Kowloon West Vincent Cheng DAB Pro-Beijing (1979-07-18)18 July 1979 Legislative Councillor 2018 (b)
ECC Election Committee Hoey Simon Lee Independent Pro-Beijing 1977 (1977) Chief Strategy Officer 2022
FC Financial Services Robert Lee Independent Pro-Beijing 1980 (1980) Company Director 2022
GC New Territories North East Dominic Lee NPP/CF Pro-Beijing (1984-01-22)22 January 1984 Company Director 2022
ECC Election Committee Lee Chun-keung Liberal Pro-Beijing (1984-08-22)22 August 1984 Legislative Councillor
Engineer
Manager
2022
GC Hong Kong Island East Stanley Ng FTU Pro-Beijing 1970 (1970) Trade unionist 2022
ECC Election Committee Johnny Ng Independent Pro-Beijing 1974 (1974) Company Director 2022
FC Labour Chau Siu-chung FLU Pro-Beijing 1970 (1970) Trade unionist 2022
FC Medical and Health Services David Lam Independent Pro-Beijing 1966 (1966) Surgeon 2022
ECC Election Committee Lam Chun-sing FLU Pro-Beijing 1981 (1981) Trade Unionist 2022
ECC Election Committee Nixie Lam DAB Pro-Beijing (1982-03-13)13 March 1982 Legislative Councillor
Board member
2022
ECC Election Committee Andrew Lam Independent Pro-Beijing 1961 (1961) Company Chairman 2022
FC Technology and Innovation Duncan Chiu Independent Pro-Beijing 1974 (1974) Merchant 2022
ECC Election Committee Yiu Pak-leung Independent Pro-Beijing (1974-03-11)11 March 1974 Chairman of China Travel Service (Hong Kong) 2022
ECC Election Committee Dennis Leung FTU Pro-Beijing (1973-10-06)6 October 1973 Legislative Councillor 2022
GC Kowloon West Leung Man-kwong KWND Pro-Beijing (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 Legislative Councillor 2022
ECC Election Committee Rock Chen DAB Pro-Beijing (1966-06-06)6 June 1966 Investment Manager 2022
FC Insurance Chan Pui-leung Independent Pro-Beijing 1959 (1959) Legislative Councillor
China Taiping Insurance (HK) General Manager
2022
FC HKSAR members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations Chan Yung DAB/NTAS Pro-Beijing (1966-06-06)6 June 1966 Hong Kong Deputies to National People's Congress
Legislative Councillor
Social Worker
2022
FC Textiles and Garment Sunny Tan BPA Pro-Beijing 1973 (1973) Legislative Councillor
Senior Advisor
2022
GC Hong Kong Island West Judy Chan NPP Pro-Beijing (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 Legislative Councillor 2022
ECC Election Committee Maggie Chan Independent Pro-Beijing (1969-02-03)3 February 1969 Solicitor 2022
ECC Election Committee Chan Siu-hung Independent Pro-Beijing 1958 (1958) Engineer
Legislative Councillor
2022
ECC Election Committee Chan Hoi-yan Independent Pro-Beijing (1977-11-19)19 November 1977 Legislative Councillor
Company Director
2022
GC New Territories South West Joephy Chan FTU Pro-Beijing (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 Trade Unionist 2022
GC Hong Kong Island West Chan Hok-fung DAB Pro-Beijing 1976 (1976) Banker 2022
ECC Election Committee Kingsley Wong FTU Pro-Beijing 1968 (1968) Party chairman 2022
GC Kowloon Central Yang Wing-kit Independent Pro-Beijing 1968 (1968) Legislative Councillor 2022
ECC Election Committee Peter Douglas Koon Independent Pro-Beijing (1965-12-02)2 December 1965 Clergyman 2022
FC Education Tang Fei FEW Pro-Beijing Unknown Legislative Councillor 2022
GC Kowloon East Tang Ka-piu FTU Pro-Beijing (1979-10-29)29 October 1979 Legislative Councillor
Community practitioner
2022
ECC Election Committee Lau Chi-pang FEW Pro-Beijing 1960 (1960) Professor 2022
FC Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication Kenneth Fok Independent Pro-Beijing (1979-07-02)2 July 1979 Merchant 2022
ECC Election Committee Carmen Kan Independent Pro-Beijing 1968 (1968) Solicitor
General Counsel of bank
2022
FC Commercial (Third) Yim Kong Independent Pro-Beijing 1972 (1972) Business Executive
Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board member
2022
ECC Election Committee Adrian Ho NPP Pro-Beijing 1977 (1977) Legislative Councillor 2022 (b)
ECC Election Committee Chan Wing-kwong DAB Pro-Beijing 1963 (1963) Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Legislative Councillor
2022 (b)
ECC Election Committee William Wong Independent Pro-Beijing 1960 (1960) Professor 2022 (b)
FC Engineering Aaron Bok BPA Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
GC New Territories South East Christine Fong PP Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor
Engineer
2026
ECC Election Committee Ginny Man Independent Pro-Beijing Solicitor 2026
ECC Election Committee Chu Lap-wai DAB/HKIF Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
FC Tourism Vivian Kong Independent Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
ECC Election Committee Ng Wun-kit Independent Pro-Beijing School principal
Legislative Councillor
2026
ECC Election Committee Wu Yingpeng Independent Pro-Beijing Barrister
Lawyer (China)
2026
FC Accountancy Webster Ng Independent Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor
Public accountant
Tax adviser
2026
ECC Election Committee Elvin Lee Independent Pro-Beijing Cultural Enterprise Management 2026
FC Labour Lee Kwong-yu FTU Pro-Beijing Consultant 2026
FC Commercial (First) Jonathan Lamport BPA Pro-Beijing Merchant 2026
FC Labour Lam Wai-kong FTU Pro-Beijing District Councillor
Trade unionist
2026
FC Transport Lothair Lam Independent Pro-Beijing Company chairman 2026
FC Commercial (Second) Andrew Yao Independent Pro-Beijing Company chairman 2026
GC New Territories North Yiu Ming DAB Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
ECC Election Committee Alex Fan Independent Pro-Beijing Barrister
Hainan International Arbitration Court president
Lawyer (China)
Adjunct professor
2026
ECC Election Committee Andrew Fan Independent Pro-Beijing Public Accountants 2026
ECC Election Committee Hung Kam-in DAB Pro-Beijing 2026
FC Social Welfare Grace Chan Independent Pro-Beijing Hong Kong Council of Social Service Chief Executive 2026
ECC Election Committee Alan Chan Independent Pro-Beijing Chief Operations Officer 2026
ECC Election Committee Chan Cho-kwong Independent Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor
Media president
2026
FC Agriculture and Fisheries Chan Pok-chi DAB Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
FC Legal Nick Chan Liberal Pro-Beijing Lawyer 2026
GC New Territories South West Kwok Fu-yung DAB Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor
District Councillor
2026
ECC Election Committee Albert Chuang Independent Pro-Beijing Merchant 2026
GC New Territories North West Chong Ho-fung Roundtable Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
GC Kowloon East Cheung Pui-kong DAB Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
FC Catering Jonathan Leung Liberal Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
FC Industrial (First) Ray Wong BPA Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor
Innovative industrialist
2026
FC Real Estate and Construction Augustine Wong Independent Pro-Beijing Henderson Land Development Executive Director 2026
ECC Election Committee Ken Wong FEW Pro-Beijing School principal 2026
GC Hong Kong Island East Elaine Chik DAB Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
GC New Territories South East Chris Ip DAB Pro-Beijing Company director 2026
FC Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape Julia Lau Independent Pro-Beijing Architect 2026
ECC Election Committee Lau Ka-keung Independent Pro-Beijing Management 2026
ECC Election Committee Michelle Tang BPA Pro-Beijing Civil engineer
District Councillor
2026
FC Import and Export Tommy Chung Independent Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
ECC Election Committee Michael Ngai Independent Pro-Beijing Businessman 2026
GC New Territories North Tam Chun-kwok NTAS Pro-Beijing Legislative Councillor 2026
ECC Election Committee Thomas So Independent Pro-Beijing Solicitor 2026


Changes

  • 1 January 2026: Tang Fei (Education) declared his affiliation with FEW.

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

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