Patrick Tay

Patrick Tay Teck Guan (born 1 December 1971) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pioneer Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020. He had previously represented the Nee Soon East division of Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2011 and 2015, and the Boon Lay division of West Coast GRC between 2015 and 2020.

A lawyer by profession, Tay has held positions in various trade unions in Singapore since 2002, and has been an assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since February 2014.

Career Tay started his career in the Singapore Police Force and served from 1995 to 2002, during which he was the commanding officer of the Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) unit. as well as executive secretary of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union, and executive secretary of the Banking & Financial Services Union. He has also held positions at various other organisations. At his political debut, he had close to a decade of leadership experience in grassroots work.

Political career Tay entered politics in the 2011 general election when he joined a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Nee Soon GRC. After the PAP team won 58.4% of the vote against the Workers' Party (WP), Tay became an elected Member of Parliament representing the Nee Soon East ward of Nee Soon GRC. In 2014, Tay raised the concerns of PMEs and how the Budget could support them in terms of protection, progression, placement and privileges.

During the 2015 general election, Tay was sent to West Coast GRC to join the four-member PAP team; they won 78.57% of the vote against the Reform Party (RP). Tay thus became a Member of Parliament for a second term, representing the Boon Lay ward of West Coast GRC. and work permits, to be implemented for companies with a weak Singaporean core and a weak commitment to creating one.

In the 2020 general election, Cedric Foo, the incumbent MP for Pioneer SMC, retired from politics; Tay was redeployed to contest the SMC. He won the contest with 61.98% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) candidate Lim Cher Hong and independent candidate Cheang Peng Wah.

GPC appointments Throughout his first two terms in Parliament, Tay was a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees (GPCs) for Manpower and Health (2011–2015), and Home Affairs and Law (2015–2020). He was also the chairperson of the GPC for Manpower from 2015 to 2020. and the Public Service Star in 2010.

Personal life Tay is a Christian. He is married and has three children.