Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 16 — Review Civil Partnerships Following Introduction of Same-Sex Marriage — 20 May 2013 at 22:00

The majority of MPs voted for a review of the operation and future of civil partnerships following the introduction of same sex marriages.

MPs were considering the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill[1]. The proposed new clause[2] supported in this vote was New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership which started:

  • The Secretary of State must arrange for the operation and future of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 in England and Wales to be reviewed

and goes on to give details of the provision.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con139 (+1 tell) 48 (+2 tell)062.3%
DUP0 7087.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab202 1078.7%
LDem44 (+1 tell) 0078.9%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP3 00100.0%
Total:391 57071.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Steve BrineWinchesterCon (front bench)no
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsCon (front bench)no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)no
Glyn DaviesMontgomeryshireCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverCon (front bench)no
Jonathan EvansCardiff NorthConno
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamConno
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)no
Gareth JohnsonDartfordCon (front bench)no
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)no
Chris KellyDudley SouthCon (front bench)no
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Phillip LeeBracknellCon (front bench)no
Charlotte LeslieBristol North WestCon (front bench)tellno
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamConno
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)no
Karl McCartneyLincolnCon (front bench)no
Anne McIntoshThirsk and MaltonCon (front bench)no
Esther McVeyWirral WestCon (front bench)no
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Matthew OffordHendonCon (front bench)no
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)no
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)no
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Alec ShelbrookeElmet and RothwellConno
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenConno
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)no
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthConno
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConno
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)no
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireConno
Rob WilsonReading EastContellno
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no

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