Conservative Party (Hong Kong)

Conservative Party (Chinese: 保守黨) is a new localist political party in Hong Kong established in 2015 by Alice Lai Yee-man. It advocates for the return of Hong Kong to become a British Overseas Territory.^[1] In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, Lai's candidacy was disqualified by the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) with five other localists on the basis that EAC claimed they do not genuinely uphold the Hong Kong Basic Law which stipulates that Hong Kong being an inalienable part of China.

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Parties represented in Legislative Council

Pro-Beijing (40)	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (12) Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (7) Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (5) Liberal Party (4) New People's Party (3) Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (1) New Century Forum (1)

Pro-democracy (26)	Democratic Party (7) Civic Party (5) Professional Commons (2) People Power (1) League of Social Democrats (1) Labour Party (1) Demosisto (1) HK First (1) Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (1) Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (1)

Localist (1)	Civic Passion (1)

Parties represented in District Councils

Pro-Beijing (326)	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (117) Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (29) New People's Party–Civil Force (26) Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (19) Liberal Party (9) New Territories Association of Societies (2) Federation of Public Housing Estates (1) Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (1)

Pro-democracy (118)	Democratic Party (41) Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (18) Neo Democrats (12) Civic Party (11) Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (5) Labour Party (3) Democratic Alliance (1) Frontier (1)

Localist (6)	Kowloon East Community (1) Sha Tin Community Network (1)

Notable previous parties

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