LGBT rights in Northern Ireland while the DUP and all but four of the UUP members (who were granted a conscience vote) voted against. On 2 November 2015, the Northern Ireland Assembly voted for a fifth time on the question of legalising same-sex marriage. Of the 105 legislators who voted, 53 were in favour and 51 against, the first time a majority of the Assembly had ever voted in favour of same-sex marriage. However the DUP again tabled a petition of concern signed by 32 members, preventing the motion from having any legal effect. In February 2016 local LGBT publication The Gay Say started an
Northern Ireland peace process would not be a majority (or only a slim majority) of the unionist community in favour of the agreement, and that its credibility would be thereby undermined. In the Republic of Ireland, the results of the vote to change the constitution in line with the agreement were: In Northern Ireland, the results of the vote on the agreement were: There is no official breakdown of how the nationalist and unionist communities voted, but CAIN, the Conflict Archive on the Internet, estimated that the overwhelming majority (up to 97%) of members of the largely Catholic nationalist community in Northern Ireland voted