"Figure 1: Civil partnership formations by sex, 2005 to 2015","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Following the introduction of the [Civil Partnership Act 2004](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/contents) , the first day that couples could normally form a partnership was 21 December 2005 in England and Wales. 2. An announcement was made in December 2013 that marriages of same sex couples could be formed in England and Wales from 29 March 2014." "Unit","Number" "","" "","Male ","Female" "2005","1228","629" "2006","9003","5940" "2007","4371","3558" "2008","3536","3022" "2009","2962","2725" "2010","2868","2936" "2011","3171","2981" "2012","3138","3224" "2013","2673","2973" "2014","954","729" "2015","570","291"