Civil partnership in the United Kingdom
Form of civil union granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the UK relationship status. For Irish status of the same name, see Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.
Civil partnership in the United Kingdom is a form of civil union between couples open to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. It was introduced via the Civil Partnership Act 2004 by the Labour government. The Act initially permitted only same-sex couples to form civil partnerships, but the law was expanded to include opposite-sex couples in 2019.
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