Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK — 5 Mar 2014 at 19:16
The majority of MPs voted in favour of various amendments to acts of Parliament in light of the introduction of same sex marriage.
The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
- That the draft Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 23 January, be approved.
Key elements include:
- Requiring those in a same sex marriage be treated under the law of Scotland for the time being as if they were in a civil partnership (as same sex marriage is not lawful in Scotland, though there is legislation to bring it in going through the Scottish Parliament.)
- Consequential amendments to many acts of Parliament following the introduction of same sex marriages.
- Many exceptions to the principle in Section 11 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 which states: "In the law of England and Wales, marriage has the same effect in relation to same sex couples as it has in relation to opposite sex couples" are made, including some relating to royal titles, rights to peerages and associated titles, EU laws, some pensions regulations, and the defence of marital coercion.
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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 125 | 84 | 0 | 68.5% |
| DUP | 0 | 7 | 0 | 87.5% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 184 | 10 | 0 | 75.2% |
| LDem | 47 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Total: | 365 | 103 | 0 | 73.1% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
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