MPs bate gay marriage bill: Monday 20 May – as happened | Polics | The Guardian

Contents:

• LABOUR AND LIB DEM MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST
• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST
• MPS VOTE FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE: POLICS LIVE BLOG
• ALL 73 MPS WHO JT VOTED AGAST LEGALISG GAY MARRIAGE NORTHERN IRELAND
• HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR OF SAME-SEX WEDDGS: AS HAPPENED
• MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR LEAV CAMERON ADRIFT OM TORI
• LABOUR SAV DAVID CAMERON'S GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• MPS BATE GAY MARRIAGE BILL: MONDAY 20 MAY – AS HAPPENED

LABOUR AND LIB DEM MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST

The bill will still have to receive le-by-le scty the Commons, and then will have to get through the Lords, but the size of the majory, and the fact that the lears of all three ma parti are favour, suggt that is now evable that gay marriage will bee law. The legal differenc between civil partnerships and marriage are slight (see sectn one of this briefg document for more tail), but gay and lbian mpaigners have mand full equaly and now they are on urse to get . "I don't want to draw too many grand parallels but is up there wh civil rights and the legalisatn of homosexualy this will be the moment when gay people n get married to each other and be regnised by the state- that's pretty fantastic".

She said Brish mocracy might not have survived if had not been for Alan Turg, the breaker who mted suici after beg persecuted bee of his homosexualy. And he said he objected to David Lammy implyg that those opposed to gay marriage were siar to those who opposed civil rights for blacks Ameri the 1950s. Cameron was not prent for the openg of the bate, which has seen Conservative MPs cricise the bill on the grounds that was not clud the Conservative manifto, that there is ltle public mand for , that will alter the tradnal fn of marriage and that creat a theoretil risk of church beg forced to nduct gay weddgs agast their will.

His Tory lleague Brooks Newmark said that there was a generatnal issue here, and that his children would thk he was mad if he voted agast gay marriage.

MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

Havg been different for most of my life, I n assure you that beg treated equal is very wele ed and we still have some way to go, not jt the area of gay people but other areas. Gay upl are now askg to be admted, so here we have a sectn of society who are sayg they want to clare mment, they value stabily the sight of the public and perhaps of God. Steve Gilbert, the Lib Dem MP for St Atell and Newquay, said that as a gay man growg up a workg class muny, he unrstood how much discrimatn gay and lbian people faced.

We have e a long way a short space of time but is absolutely right we take the next step and livers full legal equaly for lbian, gay and bisexual people our untry.

But I also vised a gay man who died some years ago, after a long illns which he was red for every day – at home, hospal and eventually a hospice - by his long term gay partner. David Davi, the Conservative MP for Monmouth, asks Miller if Bra will fy the European urt of human rights if ever tri to force relig groups to nduct gay weddgs as a rult of this bill. Labour's David Wnick says that if this measure is passed, will soon be generally accepted, jt as the legalisatn of homosexualy beme generally accepted.

MPS WHO VOTED AGAST GAY MARRIAGE: FULL LIST

Openg that 1966 bate [on legalisg homosexualy] the late Leo Abse said: “It would be as well, perhaps, to remd the Hoe of other ocsns on which legislatn which impg upon human relatnships has e before the Hoe. • Gee Osborne, William Hague and Thera May have ma a late appeal to Conservative MPs not to oppose gay marriage, sistg "is the right thg to do at the right time". Another 14 years later, was David Cameron who fally produced the soundbe that bt enpsulated the pro-gay/pro-tradnal fay sentiment that Blair was exprsg.

• A poll missned by the Coaln for Marriage suggts that 20% of people who voted Conservative 2010 uld whdraw their support bee of the gay marriage bill. • Tim Montgomerie at ConservativeHome says rearch suggts that at worst the Conservative vote will fall by one percentage pot as a rult of the gay marriage bill. For Cameron, gay marriage is part of his attempt to persua the voters that his party belongs to morn, 21st century Bra and is not stuck the first half of the 20th century.

But the divisns that the gay marriag bill has unleashed, g on top of ternal Tory disput over Europe, Hoe of Lords reform and the HS2 tra route, threaten to send an altogether different msage: that the Tori are divid, out of touch and prone to quarrel over issu of ltle ncern to most voters.

MPS VOTE FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE: POLICS LIVE BLOG

Gay marriage is unlikely to feature directly the 2015 electn mpaign; but the perceived strengths and weakns of the Conservative brand certaly will. The fact that some senr policians and churchmen believe gay upl are unworthy of marriage is proof that homophobia is still emed an acceptable prejudice the hight levels of society.

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

Voters will give him no cred at the ballot box for troducg gay marriage, but will reta an imprsn that a divid party favoured easy bigotry over difficult but unavoidable change. I thk ’s the last piece the jigsaw to the creatn of equal rights for people who are gay, lbians, and I thk ’s overwhelmgly gog to be supported the untry.

Three of the most senr Conservative members of the bet – William Hague, the foreign secretary, Gee Osborne, the chancellor, and Thera May, the home secretary – have wrten a letter to the Daily Telegraph backg gay marriage. Civil partnerships for gay upl were a great step forward, but the qutn now is whether is any longer acceptable to exclu people om marriage simply bee they love someone of the same sex. MPs are batg the marriage (same sex upl) bill, the ernment legislatn that will allow gay marriage (or equal marriage, as some mpaigners prefer to ll , although I thk gay marriage is clearer).

It’s hard for anyone wh a youngish, liberal, urban background to unrstand what all the fs is about - as Polly Toynbee says a great lumn today, “we n unrstand why a mory of people are profoundly upset by abortn, but this arne marriage dispute is beyond the ordary prehensn of anyone not guid by the Bible” - but the opponents of gay marriage feel extraordarily strongly about this, as was revealed when Maria Miller, the culture secretary, first unveiled the plans the Commons.

HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GAY MARRIAGE BILL?

Sce 2013, some MPs who voted agast the Bill have changed their mds - Chter Borrows gog on to officiate a gay weddg, and fellow Natnal MPs Ian McKelvie and Simon Bridg sayg 2019 they'd vote favour now.

He said the Government was still cidg workg on legislatn to ban gay nversn therapy, a discreded practise of tryg to change someone's sexual orientatn, and whether would be a nscience vote. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR OF SAME-SEX WEDDGS: AS HAPPENED

• Coaln's gay marriage bill passed wh help of Labour• David Cameron says is 'a step forward for our untry'• A huge Tory rebelln failed to stop the laws• Email me on or tweet me your thoughts @rowenamason.

Crisp Blunt, an openly gay Tory, has also spoken movgly of his own sexualy, sayg he ed to thk there was somethg wrong wh him that "had to be mastered".

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

They range om a Conservative Future activist worried about this "monumental social experiment" - provg not all opponents are of the olr generatn - to a 47-year-old gay man who feels "sad and prsed" that some MPs thk he is "not worthy or good enough to get married". 02 Peter Bone, one of the Bill's fierct opponents, reckons there should be a referendum on gay marriage 2017 along wh the poll on ex om the European Unn.

52 Margot Jam, Tory MP for Stourbridge who is openly gay, says she feels too much prsure has been put on MPs by var prsure groups and the Church over the same-sex marriage issue. 00 Nigel Dodds, a DUP MP, has acced the Conservativ of supportg gay marriage a thly-veiled attempt to "-toxify" the party, rather than any ep nvictn. 52 Simon Hugh, the Liberal Democrat puty lear, wants a "much better balance" the legislatn to make sure the Church's views on gay marriage are rpected.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Anne McIntosh, a Tory MP, has jt been on Sky News explag her tratn that the gay marriage legislatn has e like a "bolt om the blue" while the Coaln has failed to troduce tax breaks for married upl, which was the party's manifto.

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. 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.

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. ”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.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS VOTE FAVOUR LEAV CAMERON ADRIFT OM TORI

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.

LABOUR SAV DAVID CAMERON'S GAY MARRIAGE BILL

A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. Parliament took a historic step towards embracg full equaly for gay people when MPs voted on Tuday overwhelmgly favour of equal marriage at the end of a charged Commons bate that exposed the ep rift over David Cameron's mornisg agenda at the heart of the Conservative 225-vote majory, greeted wh rare applse the public gallery, was marred for the prime mister, who suffered a huiatg rebuff when more than half of the parliamentary Tory party cled to support the ernment on an issue he has personally vted Paterson, the environment secretary, led an unofficial rebelln by an timated 136 Tory MPs rejectg Cameron's plea.

"Ben Summerskill, the chief executive of Stonewall, said: "As the last piece of the legislative jigsaw providg equaly for gay people Bra, this is a tly historic step forward. The ernment's gay marriage bill was saved after David Cameron was forced to rely on Ed Miliband to feat an attempt by his own MPs to rail the measure by tryg to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual 11th-hour plea to the Labour learship by the Tory chief whip Sir Gee Young, who warned that the ernment was danger of losg the vote, prompted a change of heart by Miliband, who had been planng to absta on the Labour move meant that the amendment, tabled by the anti-gay marriage Tory and former children's mister Tim Loughton, was feated by 375 to 70 vot, a majory of cisn by the Labour learship, which has gone om supportg the amendment on civil partnerships to rejectg wh the space of 24 hours, means that the marriage (same-sex upl) bill will now experience a safer journey through the prime mister, who attempted to reach out to his party by emailg a "personal note" to all members sayg that he would never work wh anyone who "sneered" at them, suffered the huiatn of havg to plead wh the Labour party for support. All vot were classified as ee which meant that MPs uld vote acrdg to their one of the most dramatic moments the former fence mister, Sir Gerald Howarth, plaed to a lbian member of the prime mister's policy board about "the aggrsive homosexual muny".

MPS BATE GAY MARRIAGE BILL: MONDAY 20 MAY – AS HAPPENED

Howarth ma the remarks after Margot Jam, the MP for Stourbridge, said that the legislatn was part of recent chang that have created a level playg fields for everyone regardls of sexual prime mister me unr fire om the anti-gay marriage MP Tim Loughton after his amendment, which would have legalised civil partnerships for heterosexual upl, failed after the al between Labour and the Tori. The erment had ially said would do this no later than five years after the passage of the bill, though the equali mister Maria Miller said the Labour amendment would make ltle practil al meant that the ernment amendment, altered by Labour, was approved by 391 to 57 vot, a majory of Miller dited that the review uld end up leadg to the aboln of civil partnerships once gay marriage be legal.

But the prime mister voted ernment time to the gay marriage legislatn the belief that would help reach out to centre ground voters who may feel unfortable about supportg a party whose lear voted favour of the retentn of sectn 28 as recently as 10 years ago. • The gay marriage bill has survived s greatt threat (so far) s passage through parliament after Labour MPs joed wh Lib Dems and pro gay marriage Conservativ to vote agast an amendment tabled by Tim Loughton. The amendment would have extend civil partnerships to heterosexual upl and, although Loughton sisted he was not tryg to rail the gay marriage bill, many MPs feared that his amendment would have precisely that effect.