"Figure 5: People identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are most likely to have a marital status of single (never married or civil partnered) ","" "Lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) population by legal marital status, UK, 2015 to 2019 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The Marriages (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 made provision for the marriage of same sex couples in England and Wales from 29th March 2014 onwards. The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 made provision for the marriage of same sex couples in Scotland from 31 December 2014 onwards. The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 made provisions for the marriage of same-sex couples and civil partnerships of opposite sex couples from 13 January 2020 onwards. 2. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 made provision for civil partnerships of same sex couples in the UK and was amended to make provision for civil partnerships of opposite sex couples in England and Wales from 31 December 2019 onwards. 3. Single is defined as never married or civil partnered. Married includes separated. 4. Quality measures (including confidence intervals and coefficient of variation) for the estimates are displayed within the reference tables. 5. Totals may not sum due to rounding. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Widowed or surviving CP","Divorced or dissolved CP","Civil partnered","Married: Same sex","Married: Opposite sex","Single" "2019","0.9","3.8","6","7.6","13.0","68.8" "2018","0.6","5.1","6.5","7.3","11.8","68.7" "2017","0.7","4.8","7.1","5.4","12.7","69.4" "2016","0.7","4.5","7.6","4","12.6","70.7" "2015","0.6","4.2","10.6","3.4","13.0","68.3"