"Figure 3: Civil partnership formations by sex, 2005 to 2014","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005 2. The first marriages of same sex couples could take place on 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"