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MPs back gay marriage bill

MPs have voted by 366 to 161, majority 205, to legalise gay marriage by giving the Government's controversial Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill a third reading.

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Tory MP: The party 'can't win' in gay marriage debate

Conservative MP Mike Freer has told Daybreak his party "can't win" amid the row over gay marriage.

"We get criticised if we don't debate as being spineless lobby fodder and when we do debate we're accused of being divided and fighting," he said.

Mr Freer, who is gay, said today's Commons debate is a "good thing" in the bill's passage despite the division in his party's ranks.

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