The Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Weir of Ballyholme's full title is The Lord Weir of Ballyholme. His name is Peter James Weir, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£1,454
Travel claims
£1,734
Attendance £1,734
Total claimed
£10,237
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
140 Content(74.1%)
11 Not-Content(5.8%)
38 didn't vote(20.1%)
2026-09-08
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26–63
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2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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41–118
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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194–130
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168–178
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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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
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests as regards City of London College. Within the Statement, the Government commit to transferring responsibility and finance for 16 to 19 year-olds to mayors and, presumably, to strategic authoritie
My Lords, I welcome the Minister to his place. To some extent he has touched on this in his previous answer, but does he agree that the Scottish First Minister would be better placed dealing with practical priorities such as co-operating with the UK Gove
2026-09-14
Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Just to clarify, although I raised the issue in relation to the veteran card, it was in reference all four forms of identification. I appreciate that the Minister probably does not have the figures in relation to those to hand, but perhaps she could writ
2026-09-14
Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
My Lords, I broadly welcome the three SIs before us. As the Minister has indicated, they fall into two categories: one aspect dealing with the widening of accessibility in terms of voter ID, and the second aspect dealing with the expense limits.
I hav
2026-09-10
Patient Data: Research
My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for securing this debate. Across a range of medical conditions, we are hopefully on the brink of medical advances, underpinned by robust research, which have the opportunity to save lives or
My Lords, given the time constraints, I will not reiterate some of the wider constitutional issues that have already been raised. But first I have a question: why is the SI even needed? By Defra’s own admission, the current regulations are fully complied
2026-09-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It is well thought through, balanced and modest. The House will be relieved that, for once, neither I nor the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, are even mentioning the Northern Irel
My Lords, time does not permit me to reiterate or examine the constitutional issues that this SI raises. They have been dealt with by a number of other speakers. Nor can I comment on whether those constitutional concerns are in any way ameliorated in pra
2026-07-23
Electricity Bills: VAT Removal
My Lords, any easing of the cost of living is to be welcomed. However, the Minister will be aware that the VAT reduction cannot be directly applied to Northern Ireland because of the rules of the Windsor Framework and the arrangements with the European U
2026-07-23
Electricity Bills: VAT Removal
My Lords—
I am not going to deliver a speech, but the noble Baroness and the Minister have spoken about certainty. Does the noble Baroness not agree that certainty would be a lot more enhanced—and I look forward to the Minister’s reply—if we got some form of times
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to raise what is both an important and timely issue. There is a truism which certainly affects my family, indeed most families: many years ago, it would have been said that the terrible scourge of cancer had touched pr
To ask His Majesty’s Government how the Modern Service Framework for Dementia and Frailty will improve dementia diagnosis, ensure robust and acceptable clinical data and performance metrics, and enable access to innovative treatments.
2026-07-02
Post-16 Education and Skills: Funding
My Lords, I refer to my registered interests in the FE sector. Although there is an excellent job being done by schools and FE bodies in support of young people aged 16-19, we sometimes concentrate on the institutions rather than the individual students.
2026-06-24
Resistant Hypertension
My Lords, I welcome the remarks made so far by the Minister. We are aware of the drivers and that hypertension can lead to strokes and heart attacks. In particular, about 5% to 10% of those with hypertension have resistant hypertension. I ask the Ministe
2026-06-22
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials
My Lords, it is welcome that the Government seem to be setting national targets for dementia diagnosis. But targets are valuable only if they are accompanied by timeframes, not simply for diagnosis but for a treatment plan. Will the Government consider p
2026-06-10
Best Start Family Hubs
My Lords, the Best Start Family Hubs offer an opportunity for positive progress. However, if we are to provide the most assistance to families, particularly those with SEND children, it will require an integrated and holistic approach from the Government
My Lords, early intervention can clearly be critical, but one of the barriers to early access, particularly to new drugs, is the current modelling of NICE. I think there is a level of criticism of its cost-benefit analysis in that sometimes it does not t
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I thank the noble Lord for giving way. As he indicated, over 300 disability groups have expressed concerns about this. I do not think that a single disability group has come out in favour of it. That has led, in part, to the problems that we have faced.
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 553B. It is one of a range of amendments I have tabled, which have been put into a number of groups, to try to deal with some of the concerns that have been raised by disabled people and to provide high levels of sa
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
It is Amendment 553B.
As part of that, the commissioner should offer a reasonable opportunity for the person to consult the advocate before a decision is made. Flowing from that, there would then be recorded written reasons for whether that meeting ha
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, it is good to see the noble Baroness, Lady Prentis, back in her place, and I am sure the whole Committee welcomes her back.
Unlike the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, I cannot claim to have a background in representing Wales—the closest I have bee
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
Does the noble Lord agree that, as we saw recently, it is also the extent to which, if we normalise the sense of terrorism, it feeds into future terrorism? To give an example of this, when we saw the terrible shooting of John Caldwell—thankfully, despite
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I support the amendment in the names of my noble friend Lady Foster and others. It is right that we look to close the loophole. We need to look at how terrorists operate in the real world. The loophole that is there at present suggests that the
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
I was just going to say: fertile ground for the future.
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chair, City of London College (CLC) Ltd
registered 2026-06-03
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Member, Northern Ireland Education Authority
registered 2025-01-31 · amended 2025-04-05
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2022-11-16 → present
Democratic Unionist Party
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
weirp@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare and Early Education
Subject Group
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Officer | Connect | 15 | 2024-03-17 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
129
of 129 tabled
125 answered(96.9%)
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flagged: member has interest
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departments
2026-09-17
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Animal Experiments: Finance
Answered
2026-09-01
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Animal Experiments: Finance
Answered
2026-09-01
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Animal Experiments: Finance
Answered
2026-07-14
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
Answered
2026-07-08
Northern Ireland Office
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Answered
2026-06-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Saudi Arabia: Religious Freedom
Answered
2026-06-04
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
Answered
2026-05-18
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Religious Freedom
Answered
2026-05-18
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Animal Experiments
Answered
2026-05-14
Department of Health and Social Care
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Health Services
Answered
2026-04-16
Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Reciprocal Arrangements
Answered
2026-04-16
Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Reciprocal Arrangements
Answered
2026-04-16
Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Reciprocal Arrangements
Answered
2026-04-13
Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
Answered
2026-03-27
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fertilisers: Prices
Answered
2026-03-27
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fertilisers: Prices
Answered
2026-03-25
Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Vehicles: Emergency Services
Answered
2026-03-25
Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Vehicles: Emergency Services
Answered
2026-03-25
Department of Health and Social Care
Motor Vehicles: Emergency Services
Answered
2026-03-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
Answered
2026-03-18
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dog Control Orders
Answered
2026-03-16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping
Answered
2026-03-16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Exemptions
Answered
2026-03-16
Department for Transport
UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-03-16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-03-16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme
Answered
2026-03-04
Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Valve Disease: Health Services
Answered
2026-03-04
Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Valve Disease: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-11
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Young Futures Hubs: Reading
Answered
2026-02-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Antisemitism and Hamas
Answered
2026-02-09
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Antisemitism and Hamas
Answered
2026-02-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-04
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Religious Freedom
Answered
2026-02-04
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-02-04
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-02-03
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Risk Assessment
Answered
2026-02-03
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Research
Answered
2026-02-02
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-02
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-02-02
Department of Health and Social Care
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
Answered
2026-01-22
Department for Education
School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme: Pre-school Education
Answered
2026-01-22
Department for Education
School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme: Pre-school Education
Answered
2026-01-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-01-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-01-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
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| British Sovereignty Protection (Chagos Islands) Bill [HL] | Lead | 2nd reading | 2026-06-05 |
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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
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
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| British Sovereignty Protection (Chagos Islands) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2026-06-05 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.