Party. He lost his seat in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. He is a former member of the North Down Borough Council. It was announced on 14 October 2022, that as part of the 2022 Special Honours, Weir would receive a life peerage, sitting for the Democratic Unionist Party. On 16 November 2022, Weir was created Baron Weir of Ballyholme, of Ballyholme in the County of Down. Personal life Weir is a barrister by profession. He is a member of the Orange Order and the Royal Black Preceptory. He attends Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church. Weir reported in November 2021 that one of his toes had been amputated as a result of an infection following a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. References Living people 1968 births Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Barristers from Northern Ireland Members of North Down Borough Council Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Members of the Bar of Northern Ireland Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive (since 1999) Presbyterians from Northern Ireland People educated at Bangor Grammar School People from Bangor, County Down Ulster Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Democratic Unionist Party life peers Life peers created by Charles III