New People's Party (Hong Kong)

New People's Party
新民黨
ChairpersonRegina Ip
Executive Vice ChairmanLai Tung-kwok
Deputy ChairpersonsPun Kwok-shan
Eunice Yung
Johnny Hon
Founded9 January 2011 (2011-01-09)
HeadquartersFlats D-F, 11/F China
Overseas Building,
139 Hennessy
Road
, Wan Chai,
Hong Kong
Youth wingNew People's Party
Youth Committee
Membership (2019)Increase 850
IdeologyConservatism (HK)
Chinese nationalism
Regional affiliationPro-Beijing camp
Colours   Blue and red
Slogan"The Party that Makes a Difference"
Executive Council
1 / 33
Legislative Council
6 / 90
District Councils
25 / 470
NPC (HK deputies)
0 / 36
CPPCC (HK members)
1 / 124
Website
www.npp.org.hk
New People's Party
Traditional Chinese新民黨
Simplified Chinese新民党

The New People's Party (NPP) is a conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Regina Ip, it is currently the fourth largest party in the Legislative Council.

Established by former senior government official Regina Ip in 2011, the party aims at broadening the middle class and civil servant votes where the pro-Beijing camp had traditionally underperformed. Since Ip has strongly indicated her interest in becoming Chief Executive and has run in 2012 and 2017 respectively, it has been suggested that the party is primarily a vehicle for that goal.[1]

The party won two seats in the 2012 Legislative Council election, with Ip re-elected in Hong Kong Island and vice chairman Michael Tien gained a seat in New Territories West. The NPP expanded its grassroots network by forming an alliance with regional political group Civil Force in 2014. With the groundwork of the Civil Force, the party gained an additional seat in New Territories East in 2016.

As the NPP became closer with the Beijing authorities, Tien split from the party with six other District Councillors in 2017. Being the vocal supporter of the SAR administration, the NPP received a devastating defeat in the 2019 District Council election amid the widespread anti-government protests in 2019, with all of its 28 candidates being defeated and all of its 13 District Councillors being unseated.

  1. ^ Regina Ip hints at run for top job, South China Morning Post, 31 Jan 2011

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