13th Parliament of Singapore

The 13th Parliament of Singapore is the current Parliament of Singapore that began on 15 January 2016.^[1]^[2] The membership was set by the 2015 Singapore General Election on 11 September 2015.

The 13th Parliament is controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and members of the cabinet, which assumed power on 1 October 2015. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Workers' Party, Low Thia Khiang. Halimah Yacob, of the People's Action Party, is the Speaker of Parliament. She was previously elected as the 9th Speaker of the House during the 12th Parliament on 14 January 2013.

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2015

Summary of the 11 Sep 2015 Parliament of Singapore election results^[3]
Parties and alliances	Leader	Contested seats						Divs won	Seats won	Popular vote	% of valid votes	+/-	% of valid votes in wards contested by party	+/-
		SMC	GRC			Divs	Total
		SMC	4m	5m	6m	Divs	Total
People's Action Party	Lee Hsien Loong	13	6	8	2	29	89	27	83	1,576,784	69.86	9.72	69.86	9.72
Workers' Party	Low Thia Khiang	5	2	3	0	10	28	2	6	281,697	12.48	0.34	39.75	6.83
Singapore Democratic Party	Chee Soon Juan	3	2	0	0	5	11	0	0	84,770	3.76	1.07	31.23	5.53
National Solidarity Party	Sebastian Teo	2	0	2	0	4	12	0	0	79,780	3.53	8.51	25.27	13.98
Reform Party	Kenneth Jeyaretnam	1	1	0	1	3	11	0	0	59,432	2.63	1.65	20.60	11.18
Singaporeans First	Tan Jee Say	0	0	2	0	2	10	0	0	50,791	2.25	New	21.49	New
Singapore People's Party	Lina Chiam	3	0	1	0	4	8	0	0	49,015	2.17	0.94	27.08	14.34
Singapore Democratic Alliance	Desmond Lim	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	46,508	2.06	0.72	27.11	2.95
People's Power Party	Goh Meng Seng	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	25,460	1.13	New	23.11	New
Independents	N/A	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2,779	0.12	N/A	10.10	N/A
Valid votes								29	89	2,257,016	97.95% of total votes cast
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes										47,315	2.05% of total votes cast
Total votes cast										2,304,331	Voter turnout: 93.56% of eligible voters
Did not vote										158,595
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters)										2,462,926
Walkover voters										0
Electorate										2,462,926

The Workers' Party, being the best performing opposition parties were awarded 3 Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats in accordance with the Constitution. Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan, and Leon Perera were appointed as NCMPs,^[4] though Lee Li Lian had decided not to accept the NCMP post.^[5]

Officeholders

Speaker

Halimah Yacob of the People's Action Party, MP of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, was re-elected as Speaker of Parliament on 15 January 2016.^[6]^[7]
Charles Chong and Lim Biow Chuan of the People's Action Party were elected as Deputy Speakers on 25 January 2016.

Leaders

Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (People's Action Party)
Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (Workers' Party)

House Leaders

Leader of the House: Grace Fu
Deputy Leader of the House: Desmond Lee

Whips

Government Whip: Chan Chun Sing
Deputy Government Whip: Sim Ann and Sam Tan

Committees

Select Committees

Committee of Selection

As of 25 January 2016, the Committee of Selection, chaired by Speaker Halimah Yacob, consists of seven other members:

Government Parliamentary Committees

Current members of the Government Parliamentary Committees
as of 13 November 2015
Government Parliamentary Committee	Member of Parliament
Communications and Information
Chairperson	Zaqy Mohamad
Deputy Chairperson	Sun Xueling
Members	Darryl David Ong Teng Koon Saktiandi Supaat Teo Ho Pin Vikram Nair
Culture, Community and Youth
Chairperson	Lim Wee Kiak
Deputy Chairperson	Darryl David
Members	Henry Kwek Joan Pereira Rahayu Mahzam Sun Xueling Alex Yam Melvin Yong
Defence and Foreign Affairs
Chairperson	Vikram Nair
Deputy Chairperson	Amrin Amin
Members	Fatimah Abdul Lateef Cedric Foo Joan Pereira Teo Ho Pin
Education
Chairperson	Denise Phua
Deputy Chairperson	Intan Azura Mokhtar
Members	Ang Wei Neng Cheng Li Hui Foo Mee Har Lim Wee Kiak Seah Kian Peng Edwin Tong Zainal Sapari
Environment and Water Resources
Chairperson	Lee Bee Wah
Deputy Chairperson	Gan Thiam Poh
Members	Cheng Li Hui Chia Shi-Lu Liang Eng Hwa Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Louis Ng
Finance and Trade and Industry
Chairperson	Liang Eng Hwa
Deputy Chairperson	Cedric Foo
Members	Cheryl Chan Foo Mee Har Henry Kwek Saktiandi Supaat Sun Xueling Tan Wu Meng Yee Chia Hsing
Health
Chairperson	Chia Shi-Lu
Deputy Chairperson	Lily Neo
Members	Christopher de Souza Fatimah Abdul Lateef Joan Pereira Sitoh Yih Pin Tan Wu Meng Tin Pei Ling
Home Affairs and Law
Chairperson	Christopher de Souza
Deputy Chairperson	Edwin Tong
Members	Desmond Choo Louis Ng Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng Patrick Tay
Manpower
Chairperson	Patrick Tay
Deputy Chairperson	Zainal Sapari
Members	Desmond Choo Chong Kee Hiong Intan Azura Mokhtar Lee Yi Shyan Lim Biow Chuan Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Jessica Tan
National Development
Chairperson	Alex Yam
Deputy Chairperson	Chong Kee Hiong
Members	Cheryl Chan Darryl David Gan Thiam Poh Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Ong Teng Koon Saktiandi Supaat
Social and Family Development
Chairperson	Seah Kian Peng
Deputy Chairperson	Tin Pei Ling
Members	Amrin Amin Ang Hin Kee Desmond Choo Lily Neo Denise Phua Rahayu Mahzam Jessica Tan
Transport
Chairperson	Sitoh Yih Pin
Deputy Chairperson	Ang Hin Kee
Members	Ang Wei Neng Cheng Li Hui Lee Yi Shyan Lim Biow Chuan Yee Chia Hsing Melvin Yong Zaqy Mohamad

Sources: "13th Parliament of Singapore Government Parliamentary Committees" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore: People's Action Party. 13 November 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016. ; "PAP forms 12 GPCs for 13th Parliament of Singapore", Channel NewsAsia, 13 November 2015, archived from the original on 16 November 2015 .

Members

Main article: List of members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore

References

↑ http://www.parliament.gov.sg/sessions-parliament
↑ "First session of 13th Parliament to be held on Jan 15 next year". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ 2015 Parliamentary Election Results, Elections Department, 14 September 2015, archived from the original on 14 September 2015 ; "GE2015: Live Results", The Straits Times, 12 September 2015, retrieved 14 September 2015 .
↑ "GE2015: WP's Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera elected as NCMPs, says ELD". Channel NewsAsia. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ Chai, Hung Yin (13 September 2015). "WP's Lee Li Lian won't accept NCMP position". The New Paper (SPH). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Statement on Nomination of The Speaker, and Appointment of The Leader of The House and The Government Whip" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
↑ "Members of Singapore's 13th Parliament sworn in". Channel NewsAsia. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

Parliaments of Singapore

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th

Members of the 13th Parliament of Singapore (since 2016)

Speaker: Halimah Yacob

Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs)

Aljunied^WP	Chen, S M Lim, S L Low, T K Faisal Singh

Ang Mo Kio^PAP	Ang, H K David Gan, T P Intan Koh, P K Lee, H L

Bishan-Toa Payoh^PAP	Chee, H T Chong, K H Ng, E H Saktiandi Teo, L M

Chua Chu Kang^PAP	Gan, K Y Low, Y L Yee, C H Zaqy

East Coast^PAP	Lee, Y S Lim, S S Maliki Tan, S N

Holland-Bukit Timah^PAP	de Souza Liang, E H Sim, Ann Vivian

Jalan Besar^PAP	Heng, C H Neo, Lily Phua, L P Yaacob

Jurong^PAP	Ang, W N Lee, T S Rahayu Tharman Tan, W M

Marine Parade^PAP	Fatimah Goh, C T Seah, K P Tan, C J Tong, C F

Marsiling-Yew Tee^PAP	Halimah Ong, T K Wong, S T Yam, Z M

Nee Soon^PAP	Faishal Kwek, H C Lee, B W Ng, K K Shanmugam

Pasir Ris-Punggol^PAP	Ng, C M Puthucheary Sun, X L Teo, C H Teo, S L Zainal

Sembawang^PAP	Amrin Khaw, B W Lim, W K Ong, Y K Vikram

Tampines^PAP	Baey, Y K Cheng, L H Choo, P C Heng, S K Masagos

Tanjong Pagar^PAP	Chan, C S Chia, S L Indranee Pereira Yong, Y C

West Coast^PAP	Foo, M H Iswaran Lim, H K Tay, T G

Single Member Constituencies (SMCs)

Bukit Batok^PAP	Pillai

Bukit Panjang^PAP	Teo, H P

Fengshan^PAP	Chan, W L

Hong Kah North^PAP	Khor, L S

Hougang^WP	Png, E H

MacPherson^PAP	Tin, P L

Mountbatten^PAP	Lim, B C

Pioneer^PAP	Foo, C K

Potong Pasir^PAP	Sitoh, Y P

Punggol East^PAP	Chong, Y F

Radin Mas^PAP	Tan, C S

Sengkang West^PAP	Lam, P M

Yuhua^PAP	Fu, H Y

Non-elected members

NCMP	Perera Tan, L F Goh, P S

NMPs	Azmoon Chia, Y Y Chua, K S Ganesh Kok, H L Kuik, S Y Mohan Tan, G K Thanaletchimi

The party affiliation of each member is indicated right after the constituency he or she represents. PAP: People's Action Party; WP: The Workers' Party
The NCMPs listed above are from the WP, while NMPs do not belong to any party.

Other Current/Former MPs Nav Boxes: 13; 12; 11

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