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.
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 [2026 President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council election|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, Jimmy Ng, Ng Chau-pei, Peter Shiu, Judy Chan
- 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
- Secretary General: Dora Wai
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 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.
Changes
- 1 January 2026: Tang Fei 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