MPs who voted agast gay marriage: full list | The Spectator

Contents:

• HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?
• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST
• GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP
• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN
• THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE GAY MARRIAGE LAW
• GAY MARRIAGE: MORE MALE TORI VOTED AGAST BILL THAN FEMALE LLEAGU
• ALL 73 MPS WHO JT VOTED AGAST LEGALISG GAY MARRIAGE NORTHERN IRELAND
• GOP NGRSMAN VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG
• KATE FORB ADMS SHE WOULD HAVE VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE 'AS A MATTER OF NSCIENCE'
• GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN PASSED SPE HUGE TORY REBELLN: FULL LIST OF MPS WHO VOTED AGAST BILL
• POLICIAN WHO VOTED AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WENT TO GAY SON’S WEDDG DAYS LATER

HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?

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MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

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Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailMembers of Parliament have overwhelmg endorsed historic legislatn that will give gay upl the equal right to half a century after homosexualy was legalised Bra the Hoe of Commons voted by a majory of 400 to 175 to refe marriage and make available to embarrassgly for David Cameron he failed to get a majory of his own MPs to support the move.

MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST

There were 75 Clegg hailed the rult as a “landmark for equaly Bra” which showed “no matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal” while Ed Miliband said was “an important step forward the fight for equaly” Cameron said that while “strong views” existed on both sis he believed votg for gay people beg able to marry was “a step forward for our untry”. A number of Labour and Liberal Democrats also chose to vote agast the Bill which will now face a bisg passage through mtee and the Hoe of Lords before almost certaly beg law later this the dismay of gay marriage supporters neher Mr Cameron nor the strg of senr Conservative misters who have recently e out to back the change sat the Commons as the Culture Secretary Maria Miller outled the Government's recent days Mr Cameron has also cled to reerate his public support for the Bill wh Downg Street sistg was a genuely ee vote. “Marriage helps people m to each other and I thk is right that gay people should be able to get married too, ” he said.

But is also about makg our society stronger”Ms Miller said the bill would allow society to regnise law that gay upl had the same “pth of feelg, love and mment” as heterosexual upl. "The ayMike Freer (Con)“When lleagu talk about gay marriage makg them physilly sick or suggtg is a step toward legimisg polygamy or ct they need to remember that there are people volved.

GAY MARRIAGE BILL: HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE? MAP

Let me say to honourable members who would say 'he would say that he's a gay man'.

”Timele: 500 years of gay rights Bra1533 Buggery Act: Bra's first civil sodomy law passed durg the reign of Henry VIII1861 Offenc Agast the Person Act remov ath penalty for sodomy1885 Labouchere Amendment troduc offence of gross cency – practice, the law is ed to prosecute homosexuals when sodomy uld not be proven1895 Osr Wil sentenced to two years' hard labour for gross cency1954 Lord Montagu imprisoned for 12 months for “nsensual homosexual offenc” landmark se along wh two other men1957 Wolfenn Report nclus: “Homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence”1965 Tory Whip Lord Arran propos the crimalisatn of homosexual acts1966 Conservative MP Humphry Berkeley propos crimalisatn. Labour MP Leo Abse tak up the issue and persuas Home Secretary Roy Jenks to support him1967 Sexual Offenc Act allows homosexual acts private between nsentg men aged over 21 England and Wal.

Homosexual behavur remas illegal elsewhere the UK1981 Homosexualy crimalised Stland and Northern Ireland the followg year1988 Lol Government Act prohibs “the tentnal promotn of homosexualy” a provisn known as Sectn 281992 Homosexualy crimalised Isle of Man1994 Age of nsent rced to 18 by the Crimal Jtice and Public Orr Act1999 Liftg of ban on gays armed forc2000 Age of nsent equalised at 162002 Adoptn and Children Act allows same-sex upl to adopt2003 Sectn 28 repealed2004 Civil Partnership Act: same-sex upl granted same rights as those civil marriag2007 Sexual Orientatn Regulatns prohib discrimatn provisn of goods and servic on grounds of sexual orientatn2008 Offence of hate crime troduced on grounds of sexual or genr inty2009 David Cameron apologis over troductn of Sectn 28; same-sex upl given equal rights to IVF2011 Civil partnerships allowed plac of worship. Several GOP senators have also lled the 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage “wrongly” cid.

MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala.

Sometim the bate on gay marriage has been polarised, stg those who supported the measure as the right-thkg and those who opposed as irratnal and guilty of tac homophobia.

THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE GAY MARRIAGE LAW

The law to allow gay marriage passed quickly and there are those who still feel they have not had a proper chance to air their ncerns. The relig scepticThere are relig people who oppose gay marriage primarily out of a fear that one day equaly laws will force a church, mosque or temple to host a ceremony. Not all gay people are favourNot every gay person is favour of gay marriage.

GAY MARRIAGE: MORE MALE TORI VOTED AGAST BILL THAN FEMALE LLEAGU

"I am a Conservative and a homosexual, and I oppose gay marriage, " wrote the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce 2012.

As an atheist gay who regards marriage as part of the baggage of heterosexual society which I have e to rpect but n never fully share, I am tempted to say a plague on both your ho, " he wrote the Daily Telegraph source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The historian David Starkey: "I'm torn on gay marriage"Actor Rupert Everett perhaps gave the most lourful argument agast, a 2012 terview the Guardian. It's jt a waste of time the heterosexual world, and the homosexual world I fd personally beyond tragic that we want to ape this stutn that is so clearly a disaster. "Society gave legal and stutnal exprsn to what many hold to be te - that gay and lbian people should have the same rights to formalise their mment to each other and enjoy the social and legal benefs that oppose-sex upl have, " said the Lord Bishop of Exeter to the Hoe of Lords 2013.

But he unters that he's favour of the gay marriage law bee is a necsary symbolic and cultural step towards full equaly. "I have no problem at all wh homosexual marriage or partnerships, " says Dear.

ALL 73 MPS WHO JT VOTED AGAST LEGALISG GAY MARRIAGE NORTHERN IRELAND

Male Conservative MPs voted agast equal marriage larger numbers proportnally than their female lleagu, acrdg to a breakdown of the votg figur after the historic bate analysis of Tuday's vote favour of the change me as the most senr member of the bet to vote no was cricised for scribg gay men as "botti" Paterson, the environment secretary who joed 136 Tory MPs an unofficial rebelln, admted on Sky News that he had explaed his opposn to equal marriage on the grounds that "biddi don't like botti". Cameron spoke out after Christopher Chope, the Tory MP for Christchurch, reerated a mand ma by tradnalist Tori Tuday's Commons bate by llg for heterosexual upl to be given the same rights as same-sex asked Cameron the first qutn at prime mister's qutns: "Can [he] say, rponse to the many ncerns exprsed yterday's bate, will he ensure that civil partnerships are open to heterosexual upl on an equal basis wh homosexual upl? "The great thg about last night's vote is that two gay people who love each other will now be able to get married.

GOP NGRSMAN VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL THEN ATTENDS GAY SON'S WEDDG

"The prime mister spoke out after Francis M, the Cabet Office mister who is seen as the foundg father of Tory mornisatn, said the vote on gay marriage showed that many Conservativ were slow to accept social equal marriage bill was given an overwhelmg send readg by 400 vot to 175, a majory of 225.

All 73 MPs who voted agast legalisg gay marriage Northern Ireland (All are Tory or DUP - tails om Parliament's webse) David Ams Steve Baker Henry Bellgham Pl Berford Bob Blackman Peter Bone Suella Braverman Andrew Bridgen Jam Brokenshire Fna Bce Gregory Campbell Jam Cartlidge William Cash Rehman Chishti Christopher Chope Simon Clarke There Coffey Philip Davi David Davis Nigel Dodds Steve Double Richard Drax David Duguid Gee Etice Kev Foster Roger Gale Pl Girvan Robert Goodwill Jam Gray Kirstene Hair Mark Harper John Hay Kev Hollrake Philip Hollobone Adam Holloway John Howell Eddie Hugh Carole Johnson David Jon Stephen Kerr Greg Knight John Lamont Ple Latham Jeremy Leoy Edward Leigh Andrew Lewer Emma Ltle Pengelly Anne Ma Nigel Mills David Morris Matthew Offord Ian Paisley Owen Paterson Mike Penng Mark Prisk Mark Prchard Jab Re-Mogg Lrence Robertson Mary Robson Andrew Rosll Douglas Ross Jim Shannon David Simpson John Stevenson Gary Streeter Dmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Michael Tomlson Mart Vickers Heather Wheeler Bill Wigg Sammy Wilson PLUS: Jefey M. Glenn Thompson was one of 157 Hoe Republins to vote agast the Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., nfirmed that he attend his gay son's weddg on Friday -- jt days after votg agast a bill that would dify feral protectns for same-sex marriage. “Gay marriag are not jeopardy, ” Senator Ron Johnson of Wisns, who jt won re-electn, told The Inpennt.

"His electorate of Fadn voted almost 62 per cent favour of makg gay marriage 150-seat Parliament was already down to 149, wh former member for Bennelong John Alexanr fightg a by-electn to w back his MP Wayne Swan was absent om Parliament on Thursday attendg a Uned Natns enomic nference Bangkok but his office has nfirmed he planned to vote 8 Dec 2017Fri 8 Dec 2017 at 4:42am, updated 8 Dec 2017Fri 8 Dec 2017 at 1:38pm. Kate Forb has admted she would have voted agast gay marriage if she had been an MSP at the time legislatn was passed. Mr Cameron phed the bill, spe outrage om his own backbenchers, but was forced to rely on Labour to get through the CommonsBacklash: Prime Mister David CameronDavid Cameron suffered one of the biggt rebellns of his Premiership tonight - after 134 of his MPs voted agast gay marriage.

KATE FORB ADMS SHE WOULD HAVE VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE 'AS A MATTER OF NSCIENCE'

The Prime Mister was the Commons to hear that the bill to legalise gay marriage had passed by 366 to 161. Some 134 of the 161 MPs who voted agast gay marriage were Tory - cludg Cabet misters Owen Paterson and David Jon.

It after Tory grane Norman Tebb acced Mr Cameron of “f***** thgs up” over gay marriage. His remarks show the feroc opposn that gay marriage will face the Hoe of Lords where around 120 Tori, 10 Lib Dem and 20 Labour peers are expected to oppose the change.

Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue. Anglin church the US, Stland and Canada have already moved to start nductg same-sex weddgs, while the church Wal has started offerg blsgs to married gay upl.

GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN PASSED SPE HUGE TORY REBELLN: FULL LIST OF MPS WHO VOTED AGAST BILL

POLICIAN WHO VOTED AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WENT TO GAY SON’S WEDDG DAYS LATER