The Eighth Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the current eighth meeting of the legislative branch of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. Its term of office begun 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 elected as the president of the council on 8 January 2026 after defeating the other candidate Chan Chun-ying with 47 votes to 42.

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. 3 July 2026: Wong Kam-fai resigned from the Council over drunk-driving and hit-and-run.

Leadership Presiding President: Starry Lee Chairman 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 Secretary General: Dora Wai

Composition Affiliation Members Elected Current 20 20 8 8 7 7 4 4 2 4 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 11 40 35VacantN/A1 Total 9089

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.

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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