Dennis Tan Lip Fong

Dennis Tan Lip Fong (born 31 August 1970) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), he was a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) between 2015 and 2020, and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020.

Education Tan was educated at Nanyang Primary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College; he later studied law at the University of Nottingham. After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 1994, Tan attended the Bar Professional Training Course ("bar school") and served as a barrister-at-law at the Middle Temple until 1997. He went on to complete a Master of Laws in maritime law at the University of Southampton in 2005. Following the election, Tan was appointed as an NCMP in the 13th Parliament. left Tan on a walkaboutDuring the 2020 general election, Tan stood for the WP in party stronghold Hougang SMC, replacing incumbent Png Eng Huat, who had retired from politics. Tan retained the seat for the WP after defeating PAP candidate Lee Hong Chuang with 61.21% of the vote.

During the 2025 general election, Tan contested in Hougang SMC. Tan defended his seat with 62.15% of the vote against the People's Action Party candidate Marshall Lim. Tan continued to represent Hougang SMC.

Party positions In September 2013, Tan was co-opted into the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the WP. He was subsequently elected to the CEC in 2014 as the vice-chairperson of the party's Media Team. Having been the WP's treasurer between 2016 and 2018, Tan has been its organising secretary since 2018.

Tan enjoys running and cycling, as well as non-fiction, historical, political and biographical reading. He has participated in triathlons, and is fluent in Hokkien and Teochew.