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:

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.

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
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con125 84068.5%
DUP0 7087.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab184 10075.2%
LDem47 1085.7%
PC3 00100.0%
SNP4 0066.7%
Total:365 103073.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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 AldousWaveneyConno
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabno
Sir David AmessSouthend WestConno
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkConno
Joe BentonBootleLabno
Andrew BinghamHigh PeakConno
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthConno
Gordon BirtwistleBurnleyLDemno
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastConno
Peter BoneWellingboroughConno
Julian BrazierCanterburyConno
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireConno
Fiona BruceCongletonConno
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonConno
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateConno
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabno
Douglas CarswellClactonConno
Bill CashStoneConno
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConno
Christopher ChopeChristchurchConno
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsConno
David CrausbyBolton North EastLabno
Alex CunninghamStockton NorthLabno
Glyn DaviesMontgomeryshireConno
Philip DaviesShipleyConno
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Nick de BoisEnfield NorthConno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireConno
Richard DraxSouth DorsetConno
Charlie ElphickeDoverConno
Liam FoxNorth SomersetConno
Roger GaleNorth ThanetConno
Edward GarnierHarboroughConno
Mark GarnierWyre ForestConno
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamConno
John GlenSalisburyConno
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLabno
Robert HalfonHarlowConno
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringConno
Adam HollowayGraveshamConno
Gerald HowarthAldershotConno
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughConno
Marcus JonesNuneatonConno
Jeremy LefroyStaffordConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughConno
Julian LewisNew Forest EastConno
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetConno
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamConno
Karen LumleyRedditchConno
Anne MainSt AlbansConno
Karl McCartneyLincolnConno
Jim McGovernDundee WestLabno
Anne McIntoshThirsk and MaltonConno
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConno
Esther McVeyWirral WestConno
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockConno
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleConno
James MorrisHalesowen and Rowley RegisConno
George MudieLeeds EastLabno
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstConno
Matthew OffordHendonConno
James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireConno
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonConno
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConno
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordConno
John RandallUxbridge and South RuislipConno
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetConno
Andrew RobathanSouth LeicestershireConno
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyConno
David RuffleyBury St EdmundsConno
David RutleyMacclesfieldConno
Lee ScottIlford NorthConno
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireConno
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsConno
Henry SmithCrawleyConno
John StevensonCarlisleConno
Bob StewartBeckenhamConno
Mel StrideCentral DevonConno
Julian SturdyYork OuterConno
Robert SymsPooleConno
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConno
David TredinnickBosworthConno
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabno
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightConno
Martin VickersCleethorpesConno
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthConno
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireConno
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyConno
John WhittingdaleMaldonConno
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireConno
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireConno

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