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There were nearly three times as many opposite-sex civil partnerships as same-sex partnerships in Wakefield last year, figures reveal.

A change in the law around civil partnerships saw them extended to opposite-sex couples from December 2019, and the first of these in England and Wales took place on December 31 that year.

Office for National Statistics figures show 14 opposite-sex couples in Wakefield formed civil partnerships in 2021, compared to five same-sex civil partnerships.

Nearly three times as many opposite-sex civil partnerships as same-sex unions in Wakefield last year