"Figure 2: Around two-thirds of civil partnership formations in 2018 were between male couples","" "Percentage of civil partnership formations by sex, England and Wales, 2005 to 2018","" "","" "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 take place in England and Wales from 29 March 2014." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "Year","Male","Female" "2005","66","34" "2006","60","40" "2007","55","45" "2008","54","46" "2009","52","48" "2010","49","51" "2011","52","48" "2012","49","51" "2013","47","53" "2014","57","43" "2015","66","34" "2016","68","32" "2017","66","34" "2018","65","35"