"Figure 4: The number of same-sex civil partnership dissolutions in 2019 increased slightly for male couples but decreased slightly for female couples","" "Number of same-sex civil partnership dissolutions by sex, England and Wales, 2007 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. 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","Number of same-sex civil partnership dissolutions" "","" "Year","Male","Female","Total" "2007","12","28","40" "2008","61","105","166" "2009","120","209","329" "2010","190","295","485" "2011","233","430","663" "2012","339","470","809" "2013","398","576","974" "2014","463","598","1061" "2015","523","688","1211" "2016","528","785","1313" "2017","528","689","1217" "2018","408","519","927" "2019","418","498","916"