The number of same-sex couples divorcing in England and Wales almost doubled in 2019 – and is likely to keep rising. Same-sex marriage has only been fully legal in the country since 2014, with civil partnerships available before.
And as the years go on, more couples are splitting up. But a large part of the reason is that there are now far more same-sex married couples.
The new official figures from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 822 same-sex divorces in 2019. That’s compared to just 428 in 2018.
Kanak Ghosh from the ONS’ Vital Statistics Outputs Branch, said: ‘Same-sex couples have been able to marry in England and Wales from March 2014. ‘Since then, we have seen the number of divorces of same-sex couples increase