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The Lord Hay of Ballyore

Democratic Unionist Party Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Hay of Ballyore's full title is The Lord Hay of Ballyore. His name is William Alexander Hay, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 86 Content(53.1%) 4 Not-Content(2.5%) 72 didn't vote(44.4%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the figure above conflates absence with abstention.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25

2025-11-25 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 38A and 38B in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Weir. The amendment before the Committee in my name would require that this Government “shall seek to permit limited commercial and chartered flights for Brit
2025-11-21 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 48 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, which seeks to protect individuals from being pressurised into assisted death. As the Bill stands, references to coercion and pressure in Clause 1 are strictly related to
2025-07-01 Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025
Following on from the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, there is confusion about this £200 million, where it has gone, who is allocating it and so on. We need clarification around the allocation of future funding for police.
2025-07-01 Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025
On the £200 million that has been allocated to policing, have the Executive received that amount? There is some confusion on the £200 million. We are getting information that, until now, they have received only £5 million. Clarity on the £200 million wou
2025-07-01 Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025
I do not know where I got 3,000 from—I meant to say 6,000. I apologise to the Committee and ask for correction.
2025-07-01 Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025
My Lords, I support this draft order extending the provisions in the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007, which will, for a further two years until 31 July 2027, enable criminal trials to continue to be concluded without a jury in Northern I
2025-03-05 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
My Lords, the Armed Forces do a remarkable job keeping the people of this United Kingdom safe and secure in an ever-changing and increasingly dangerous world. We owe them a great debt of gratitude for their courage and their devotion to duty. The sacrifi
2025-02-12 Gambling Levy Regulations 2025
My Lords, I shall be very brief. I want to make a few comments regarding the stake limits set by the Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. I am unsure of the rationale set out in the regulations for setting a limi
2024-12-10 Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak to the amendment to the Motion in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, who has provided an excellent analysis of the issues facing businesses in Northern Ireland. Since the outset of the United Kingdom’s ne
2024-12-02 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2024
My Lords, I want briefly to bring noble Lords back to the whole issue of resources. I welcome this statutory instrument but I worry about resources. You will continue to hear the chief constable of Northern Ireland talk about the lack of resources. With
2024-07-23 King’s Speech
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on their recent success in the election. There are many areas to be welcomed in their priorities, going forward for the future. In the gracious Speech, they are looking to strengthen the union through collaboration
2024-05-24 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
My Lords, I congratulate the Government and all the political parties in this House on the spirit in which they approached this Bill. This is an issue that goes back almost 20 years. The first Private Members’ Bill on the subject was introduced in the Ho
2024-05-24 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
That the Bill do now pass.
2024-05-24 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of comm
2024-05-24 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
That the order of commitment be discharged.
2024-05-17 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
My Lords, I thank Members for their contributions this afternoon, especially for their cross-party support for the Bill. I also congratulate my colleague the Member for Belfast East, Gavin Robinson. After nine years, he successfully secured the opportun
2024-05-17 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
My Lords, I am delighted to move this Bill in your Lordships’ House. The Bill has a long and frustrating past. My colleague the Member for East Londonderry, Mr Campbell, a Member of the other House since 2001, introduced a Private Member’s Bill along
2024-05-17 British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2024-02-27 Northern Ireland
My Lords, I welcome the Motion moved by the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Caine, regarding the humble Address being presented to His Majesty. The Motion deals with a number of issues: the return of the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland; reaffir
2024-02-13 Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024
We got the clear impression that that was exactly what the other parties wanted. They complained outside the door but did not really want to come inside, and that was the theme right through the negotiations. As I said, a wee bit of honesty in the Chambe
2024-02-13 Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Browne. I want to say at the outset that I have been listening to the debate very attentively; I have listened to a number of speakers. I believe in and welcome the restoration of the Assembly in
2023-09-19 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my colleagues, my noble friends Lord Morrow and Lord Dodds, in this debate. One way in which the constitutional importance of the Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations before us today is evidenced is in
2023-09-19 NATS: Staffing
My Lords, as someone who uses the airport regularly to come to this House, I have to say that this is not a one-off. Flights are delayed or cancelled regularly each week. Last Thursday was an embarrassment for the airport—more than 17 flights were cancel
2023-09-14 Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for explaining the detail of the Bill to the House this afternoon. It is our desire to see an Assembly and a functioning Executive back up and running at Stormont again but we know also that the elephant in the room
2023-06-28 Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
My Lords, I rise to oppose these regulations, first, in the way that they have been set out. The issue has united communities of all backgrounds in Northern Ireland in terms of how the Secretary of State has dealt with these regulations, laid before Parl
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file

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Nil

  • No registrable interests
    registered 2015-01-19
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Party history

2014-12-16present
Democratic Unionist Party current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

None recorded.

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name — if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different form, the join may miss; check /appgs directly.)

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 12 of 12 tabled 10 answered(83.3%) 7 departments
2026-05-20
Department of Health and Social Care
Gastroparesis: Surgery
Pending
2026-05-20
Department of Health and Social Care
Gastroparesis: Surgery
Pending
2026-04-21
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuels: Reserves
Answered
2026-04-21
Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
Answered
2026-04-21
Ministry of Defence
Defence: Finance
Answered
2026-04-21
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Carbon Dioxide
Answered
2026-04-21
Department of Health and Social Care
Donanemab and Lecanemab
Answered
2026-04-21
Northern Ireland Office
United Kingdom
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Education
Social Services: Children
Answered
2026-03-25
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces
Answered
2026-03-25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
Answered
2026-01-20
Department of Health and Social Care
Gastroparesis: Surgery
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

1 bills 0 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 Supported Royal Assent 2023-12-06
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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