Lam So-wai

{{Short description|Hong Kong politician (born 1987)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lam]]|Connie Lam|Lam So-wai|lang=Hong Kong}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable#Hong Kong|The Honourable]] | name = Lam So-wai | native_name = 林素蔚 | native_name_lang = zh-HK | image = Connie Lam 20230419 (cropped).jpg | caption = Lam in 2023 | office = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] | alongside = [[Stanley Li]] | term_start = 1 January 2022 | term_end = | constituency = [[New Territories South East (2021 constituency)|New Territories South East]] | predecessor = ''Constituency created'' | successor = | alma_mater = Pooi To Middle School QualiEd College The [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|31}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://legcoelection.hk01.com/2021/candidate/67/%E6%9E%97%E7%B4%A0%E8%94%9A |title=2021年立法會選舉地區直選 - 新界東南林素蔚 |date=Nov 2021 |website= |language= |publisher=香港01 |access-date=22 January 2022 |quote= |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122120641/https://legcoelection.hk01.com/2021/candidate/67/%E6%9E%97%E7%B4%A0%E8%94%9A }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/connielamsw/posts/1543684842670994 |title=慶祝正日生日 |date=31 December 2021 |website= |language= |publisher=林素蔚Connie Lam 公開專頁 |access-date=22 January 2022 |quote=}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Shenzhen]], [[China]]<ref>{{cite web |title=【3分鐘網紅】我與灣區的故事 {{!}} 「香港在走，而深圳在跑」林素蔚：籲兩地更多交流合作 |url=https://n.kinliu.hk/threemin/%E3%80%90%E4%B8%89%E5%88%86%E9%90%98%E7%B6%B2%E7%B4%85%E3%80%91%E6%88%91%E8%88%87%E7%81%A3%E5%8D%80%E7%9A%84%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B-%E3%80%8C%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9C%A8%E8%B5%B0%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C/ |website=堅料網 |publisher=kinliu.hk |access-date=3 November 2023 |language=zh-HK}}</ref> | party = [[Professional Power]] (2019-2025) [[New People's Party]] (2025-present) }} '''Connie Lam So-wai''' ({{lang-zh|c=林素蔚}}; born 31 December 1987) is a Hong Kong politician who is the elected Legislative Council member for [[New Territories South East (2021 constituency)|New Territories South East]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/184774/Pro-establishment-candidates-claim-all-20-seats-in-geographic-constituencies|title=Pro-establishment candidates claim all 20 seats in geographic constituencies |work=[[The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard]]|date=20 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>

She was formerly a member of [[Professional Power]] but joined the [[New People's Party]] (NPP) in 2025 after announcing she would not run for re-election and said that she would support New People's Party candidate Victor Chan Chi-ho in her [[New Territories South East (2021 constituency)|New Territories South East constituency]] in the [[2025 Hong Kong legislative election|upcoming legislative election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=葉劉再招棄選議員林素蔚入新民黨助爭新界東南議席 |work=HK01 |url=https://www.hk01.com/article/60294747?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral|date=15 November 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Lam attended Pooi To Middle School in Hong Kong for Forms 1 through 5 before transferring to QualiEd College to complete her Form 7 preparatory course. She later obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Social Work degree from the [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University]].

On October 12, 2025, Lam announced that she would not seek re-election to the Legislative Council in order to focus on pursuing her doctoral degree.<ref>{{Cite web |title=立法會選舉・持續更新｜林素蔚棄連任盼專心學業一文看棄選名單 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/60284602/%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89%E7%8F%BE%E4%BB%BB%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E6%A3%84%E9%81%B8%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE%E4%B8%80%E6%96%87%E7%9C%8B%E6%B8%85-%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0-%E6%9E%97%E5%81%A5%E9%8B%92%E6%A3%84%E9%81%B8 |website=HK01 |date=12 October 2025 |language=zh-HK |last=王晉璇 |first=潘耀昇、何夏怡、馮子健 |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life == In September 2022, Lam tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Lawmaker Connie Lam under home quarantine over Covid infection |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/194555/Lawmaker-Connie-Lam-under-home-quarantine-over-Covid-infection |access-date=10 September 2022 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {{Election box begin| title=[[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021 legislative election]]: [[New Territories South East (2021 constituency)|New Territories South East]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202112/20/P2021122000163.htm|title= Legislative Council General Election results: New Territories South East|website=[[Government of Hong Kong]]|date=20 December 2021|accessdate=23 January 2022}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |candidate = Li Sai-wing |votes = 82,595 |percentage = 64.77 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Professional Power |candidate = '''Lam So-wai''' |votes = 38,214 |percentage = 29.97 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Daryl Choi Ming-hei |votes = 6,718 |percentage = 5.27 |change = N/A }} {{Election box majority |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box total valid |votes = 127,527 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong |swing = }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Professional Power |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| title=[[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019 local elections]] at the [[Sai Kung District Council]]: [[O Tong (constituency)|O Tong]]}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Neo Democrats |candidate = Lui Man-kwong |votes = 4,722 |percentage = 63.09 |change = +19.03 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = '''Lam So-wai''' |votes = 2,762 |percentage = 36.91 |change = N/A }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,960 |percentage = 26.18 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 7,515 |percentage = 74.67 |change = +28.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Neo Democrats |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

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