Scotland’s Registrar General has congratulated the same-sex couples celebrating their 10th anniversary later this month.
In 2014 the law was changed to allow same sex couples to marry with the first ceremonies taking place at the end of December that year.
Between then and the end of September this year 10,138 couples have gone on to marry.
Registrar General Alison Byrne is Chief Executive of National Records of Scotland. She said: “I’m delighted to send congratulations to the couples who are shortly to celebrate their 10th anniversaries having been among the first to marry under the new law.
“These figures show how the collection and analysis of routine statistics allows us to tell the ever-changing story of Scotland’s people.”
Analysis of the figures up to the end of September this year shows that same-sex marriages have taken place in all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities.
The council area with the highest number was Edinburgh with 1,853. Glasgow came second with 1,402 while Dumfries and Galloway came third with 1,379 thanks to the pull of Gretna. July, August and September topped the tables as the most popular months for a wedding.
