13th Parliament of Singapore

13th Parliament of Singapore
	Majority parliament
	15 January 2016 – present
House
	File:Seating plan of the 13th Parliament of Singapore.svg Seating arrangements of the House
Speaker of Parliament	Halimah Yacob; ;
Prime; Minister	Lee Hsien Loong; 1 October 2015 — present;
Leader of the; Opposition	Low Thia Khiang; 11 September 2015 — present;
Sessions
1st Session
	15 January 2016–
Cabinets
13th Cabinet
	Lee Hsien Loong; 1 October 2015–present
Parliamentarians
<12th	14th>

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

e • d 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), was re-elected Prime Minister on 15 January 2016
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:

Chan Chun Sing, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Cedric Foo, MP for Pioneer SMC
Grace Fu, Minister for Community Culture and Youth (first woman minister to run full portfolio)
Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law.
Low Thia Khiang, Leader of the Opposition and MP for Aljunied GRC.
Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.
Ong Ye Kung, Acting Education Minister (in charge of Higher Learning and Skills) and SM of State for Defence.

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

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Members

References

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13th Parliament of Singapore

Contents

Result of the Singapore General Election, 2015

Officeholders

Speaker

Leaders

House Leaders

Whips

Committees

Select Committees

Committee of Selection

Government Parliamentary Committees

Members

References

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