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MPs back plans to legalise gay marriage

File photo dated 17/5/2009 of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. MPs are under fresh pressure to let the Commons sleaze watchdog investigate their private lives, it was disclosed today.
File photo dated 17/5/2009 of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. MPs are under fresh pressure to let the Commons sleaze watchdog investigate their private lives, it was disclosed today.

The Government’s plans to legalise gay marriage cleared the House of Commons, despite more Tory MPs voting against the proposals than in favour of them.

A total of 128 Tory MPs voted against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at third reading, while only 117 voted in favour of it.

Six MPs voted both ways. They were: Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire), Phillip Lee (Bracknell), Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West), John Howell (Henley), Rob Wilson (Reading East) and Claire Perry (Devizes).

Two Tory cabinet ministers Welsh Secretary David Jones and Environment Secretary Owen Paterson voted against the bill at third reading. They were joined by 10 junior ministers.

The figures do not include tellers. The tellers for the Ayes were the Tory MP Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) and the Liberal Democrat MP Sir Bob Russell (Colchester).

The tellers for the Noes were both Tories. They were John Randall (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) and Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North).

Earlier there was applause in the House after MPs voted by 366 to 161, majority 205, to give the bill a third reading.

The legislation will go to the House of Lords after the half-term recess, where it is expected to attract fierce opposition from peers, especially the bishops.

The result is a marginal improvement for Prime Minister David Cameron on the vote at second reading, when 175 MPs opposed the plans in a Commons vote.