# 11th Parliament of Singapore

The 11th Parliament of Singapore was the previous Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 2 November 2006 and was prorogued on 13 April 2009. The second session commence from 18 May 2009 and was dissolved on 19 April 2011. The membership was set by the 2006 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2006, and it has changed twice due to the deaths of Jurong GRC MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in 2008, and Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Balaji Sadasivan who was also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
The 11th 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 7 May 2006. The Opposition is led by the Secretary General of the Worker's Party of Singapore, Mr Low Thia Kiang. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is Abdullah bin Tarmugi of the People's Action Party. He was re-elected as the Speaker of the House for the 11th Parliament on 2 November 2006.

## Officeholders
### Speakers

* Speaker: Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP)
* Deputy Speaker:
** Indranee Rajah (PAP), from 8 November 2006
** Matthias Yao (PAP), from 8 November 2006

### Leaders

* Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (PAP)
* Leader of the Opposition: Low Thia Khiang (WP)

### House Leaders

* Leader of the House:
** Wong Kan Seng (PAP), until 31 March 2007
** Mah Bow Tan (PAP), from 1 April 2007
* Deputy Leader of the House:
** Mah Bow Tan (PAP), until 31 March 2007
** Ng Eng Hen (PAP), from 1 April 2007

### Whips

* Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
** Lee Boon Yang, until 31 March 2007
** Lim Swee Say, from 1 April 2007
* Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party:
** Inderjit Singh
** Lim Swee Say, until 30 May 2007
** Amy Khor, from 1 April 2007

## Composition

| Political party | Political party | Members | Members |
| Political party | Political party | At election | At dissolution |
| | People's Action Party | 82 | 80 |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | 1 |
| | Singapore Democratic Alliance | 1 | 2 |
| Nominated Members of Parliament | Nominated Members of Parliament | 0 | 9 |
| Vacant seats | Vacant seats | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 85 | 94 |
| Government majority | Government majority | 39 | 34 |

## Members
### Elected Members of Parliament

| Constituency | Division | Member | Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Aljunied–Hougang | Yeo Guat Kwang | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Bedok Reservoir–Punggol | George Yeo | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Eunos | Zainul Abidin | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Paya Lebar | Cynthia Phua | People's Action Party |
| Aljunied GRC | Serangoon | Lim Hwee Hua | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Cheng San–Selatar | Vacant | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Jalan Kayu | Wee Siew Kim | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Kebun Baru | Inderjit Singh | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Nee Soon South | Lee Bee Wah | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Sengkang West | Lam Pin Min | People's Action Party |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Teck Ghee | Lee Hsien Loong | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Bishan East | Wong Kan Seng | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Bishan North | Zainudin Nordin | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Thomson | Leong Horn Kee | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Toa Payoh Central | Ng Eng Hen | People's Action Party |
| Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC | Toa Payoh East | Davinder Singh | People's Action Party |
| Bukit Panjang SMC | Bukit Panjang SMC | Teo Ho Pin | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Bedok | S. Jayakumar | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Changi–Simei | Jessica Tan | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Fengshan | Raymond Lim | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Kampong Chai Chee | Lee Yi Shyan | People's Action Party |
| East Coast GRC | Siglap | Abdullah Tarmugi | People's Action Party |
| Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | Bukit Timah | Yu-Foo Yee Shoon | People's Action Party |
| Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | Buona Vista | Lim Swee Say | People's Action Party |
| Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | Cashew | Vivian Balakrishnan | People's Action Party |
| Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | Ulu Pandan | Christopher de Souza | People's Action Party |
| Holland–Bukit Timah GRC | Zhenghua | Gan Kim Yong | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Bukit Gombak | Ang Mong Seng | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Hong Kah North | Amy Khor | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Keat Hong | Zaqy Mohamad | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Nanyang | Alvin Yeo | People's Action Party |
| Hong Kah GRC | Yew Tee | Yeo Cheow Tong | People's Action Party |
| Hougang SMC | Hougang SMC | Low Thia Khiang | Workers' Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Jalan Besar | Lee Boon Yang | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Kampong Glam | Denise Phua | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Kolam Ayer | Yaacob Ibrahim | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng | Lily Neo | People's Action Party |
| Jalan Besar GRC | Whampoa | Heng Chee How | People's Action Party |
| Joo Chiat SMC | Joo Chiat SMC | Chan Soo Sen | People's Action Party |
| Jurong GRC | Bukit Batok | Vacant | People's Action Party |
| Jurong GRC | Bukit Batok East | Halimah Yacob | People's Action Party |
| Jurong GRC | Jurong Central | Lim Boon Heng | People's Action Party |
| Jurong GRC | Taman Jurong | Tharman Shanmugaratnam | People's Action Party |
| Jurong GRC | Yuhua | Grace Fu | People's Action Party |
| MacPherson SMC | MacPherson SMC | Matthias Yao | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Braddell Heights | Seah Kian Peng | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Geylang Serai | Fatimah Lateef | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Kaki Bukit | Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Kampong Ubi–Kembangan | Ong Seh Hong | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Marine Parade | Goh Chok Tong | People's Action Party |
| Marine Parade GRC | Mountbatten | Lim Biow Chuan | People's Action Party |
| Nee Soon Central SMC | Nee Soon Central SMC | Ong Ah Heng | People's Action Party |
| Nee Soon East SMC | Nee Soon East SMC | Ho Peng Kee | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Pasir Ris East | Ahmad Mohamed Magad | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Pasir Ris West | Teo Chee Hean | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Punggol Central | Charles Chong | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Punggol East | Michael Palmer | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Punggol North | Penny Low | People's Action Party |
| Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC | Punggol South | Teo Ser Luck | People's Action Party |
| Potong Pasir SMC | Potong Pasir SMC | Chiam See Tong | Singapore Democratic Alliance |
| Sembawang GRC | Admiralty | Maliki Osman | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Canberra | Lim Wee Kiak | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Chong Pang | K. Shanmugam | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Marsiling | Hawazi Bin Daipi | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Sembawang | Khaw Boon Wan | People's Action Party |
| Sembawang GRC | Woodlands | Ellen Lee | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines Central | Sin Boon Ann | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines Changkat | Irene Ng | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines East | Mah Bow Tan | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines North | Ong Kian Min | People's Action Party |
| Tampines GRC | Tampines West | Masagos Zulkifli | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Moulmein | Lui Tuck Yew | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Queenstown | Baey Yam Keng | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Radin Mas | Sam Tan | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tanglin–Cairnhill | Indranee Rajah | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tanjong Pagar | Lee Kuan Yew | People's Action Party |
| Tanjong Pagar GRC | Tiong Bahru | Koo Tsai Kee | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Boon Lay | Ho Geok Choo | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Clementi | Arthur Fong | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Pioneer | Cedric Foo | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | Telok Blangah | Lim Hng Kiang | People's Action Party |
| West Coast GRC | West Coast–Ayer Rajah | S. Iswaran | People's Action Party |
| Yio Chu Kang SMC | Yio Chu Kang SMC | Seng Han Thong | People's Action Party |

### Non-constituency Members of Parliament

The Worker's Party, being the best performing opposition party with 16.34 percent of the popular vote, was awarded a Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat in accordance with the Constitution. The NCMP seat was eventually taken up by Sylvia Lim, the chairperson of the Worker's Party.
| Member | Party | Party | Constituency contested |
| Sylvia Lim | | Workers' Party | Aljunied GRC |

### Nominated Members of Parliament

* Gautam Banerjee, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Cham Hui Fong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Edwin Khew Teck Fook, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Loo Choon Yong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Kalyani K. Mehta, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Eunice Elizabeth Olsen, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Jessie Phua, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Siew Kum Hong, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Thio Li-ann, from 18 January 2007 until 17 July 2009
* Calvin Cheng, from 18 July 2009
* Terry Lee Kok Hua, from 18 July 2009
* Viswa Sadasivan, from 18 July 2009
* Mildred Tan-Sim Beng Mei, from 18 July 2009
* Paulin Tay Straughan, from 18 July 2009
* Teo Siong Seng, from 18 July 2009
* Laurence Wee Yoke Thong, from 18 July 2009
* Audrey Wong Wai Yen, from 18 July 2009
* Joscelin Yeo, from 18 July 2009

## Vacancies

| Constituency | Name | Party | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacancy |
| Jurong GRC | Ong Chit Chung | | PAP | 14 July 2008 | Death |
| Ang Mo Kio GRC | Balaji Sadasivan | | PAP | 27 September 2010 | Death |