Willie Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 16 December 2014 Life peerage | |
3rd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly | |
In office 8 May 2007 – 13 October 2014 | |
Deputy | David McClarty (2007–11) Francie Molloy (2007–13) John Dallat (2007–14) Roy Beggs Jr (2011–14) Mitchel McLaughlin (2013–14) |
Preceded by | Eileen Bell |
Succeeded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Foyle | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 13 October 2014 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Maurice Devenney |
Mayor of Derry | |
In office 1993–1994 | |
Preceded by | Mary Bradley |
Succeeded by | Annie Courtney |
Deputy mayor of Derry | |
In office 1992–1993 | |
Member of Derry City Council | |
In office 15 May 1985 – 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | Gary Middleton |
Constituency | Rural |
In office 20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Craig |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Londonderry Area A |
Personal details | |
Born | Milford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland | 16 April 1950
Nationality | Irish[1] |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse(s) | Doris, Lady Hay of Ballyore (née McMorris) |
William Alexander Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore (born 16 April 1950), is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2014.
Hay served as
to 2014.He attended Faughan Valley High School, Drumahoe, County Londonderry. An Irish citizen by birth, he has objected to previously not being deemed automatically eligible for British nationality.[2] This policy is due to be changed in 2024
Political career
Hay was elected to
Hay was elected Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 8 May 2007 following the restoration of devolution. He also is a prominent member of the Orange Order[5] and Apprentice Boys of Derry.
On 6 October 2014, Hay announced his retirement from the Northern Ireland Assembly as both MLA and Speaker. The role of the Speaker had been taken on by Mitchel McLaughlin in a temporary capacity in September 2014 because of Hay's ill health. However, in a letter read to the Assembly, he announced his retirement from the Assembly effective from 13 October 2014 in order to concentrate on returning to good health.[6][7][8]
In August 2014, it was announced that he would get a
Nationality
Hay was born in
See also
References
- The Belfast Telegraph. Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "- 'DUP man not allowed British passport' - Belfast Telegraph, 20 June 2018". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Northern Ireland elections". Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Personnel Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
- ^ "Speaker misses out on the Twelfth.... to say I do". BBC News. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "NI Assembly Speaker William Hay to retire as MLA". BBC News. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Assembly Speaker to stand down". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "William Hay retires as Speaker of Assembly". Newsletter. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers". BBC News. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "No. 61081". The London Gazette. 18 December 2014. p. 24538.
- ^ "Lord Hay of Ballyore profile". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b 'Willie Hay campaign for British passport cited as DUP try to improve citizenship path for Donegal unionists' (The Derry Journal, 29 January 2024). https://www.derryjournal.com/news/politics/willie-hay-campaign-for-british-passport-cited-as-dup-try-to-improve-citizenship-path-for-donegal-unionists-4496503
- ^ 'Willie Hay asks about British Passports for Donegal unionists as British move to ease citizenship route for Hong Kongese' (The Derry Journal, 31 March 2023). https://www.derryjournal.com/news/politics/willie-hay-asks-about-british-passports-for-donegal-unuonists-as-british-move-to-ease-citizenship-route-for-hong-kongese-4087070
- ^ "Irish-born DUP peer criticises Home Office's UK citizenship rules". The Guardian. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Stephen Walker (14 April 2021). "Lord Hay: DUP peer 'discriminated' against in passport quest". BBC News. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68105801.amp