United Kingdom
Permanent Security Council member5,694
GA votes
2,663 yes · 1,419 no · 1,560 abstain
2,815
SC votes
2,673 yes · 1 no · 60 abstain
32
Vetoes cast
P5 alignment
How often United Kingdom voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.
| Permanent member | GA only | GA + SC |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 60.4% | 72.5% |
| France | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| Russian Federation | 54.6% | 70.8% |
| China | 40.5% | 58.0% |
The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.
P5 alignment over time
Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa on an established basis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/144
Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/131
Report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/184
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/134
Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/127A
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/185
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/140
Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/137
Protection against products harmful to health and the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/127B
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/135
Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/130
Impact of inflation and monetary instability on the regular budget of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/125A
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-17
A/RES/37/104
Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/123C
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120J
Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/123B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / addopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/123A
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/122
Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/123E
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/123D
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120K
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120I
Special identification cards to all Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120H
Revenues derived from Palestine refugee properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120C
University of Jerusalem for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/105
Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120D
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/118
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120G
Population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/114
Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/103
Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120F
Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/120E
Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/102
Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-16
A/RES/37/100C
Convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
A/RES/37/98E
Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
A/RES/37/100B
Nuclear arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
A/RES/37/98D
Provisional procedures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva protocol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
A/RES/37/98A
Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
A/RES/37/95B
Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1982-12-13
Vetoes cast by United Kingdom
S/21048 — Panama
1989-12-23
S/20378 — 1989 Letters from Libya and Bahrain (Libya)
1989-01-11
S/19585 — South Africa
1988-03-08
S/18785 — Namibia
1987-04-09
S/18705 — South Africa
1987-02-20
S/18163 — Complaint by Angola against South Africa
1986-06-18
S/18087/Rev. 1 — Southern Africa
1986-05-23
S/18016/Rev. 1 — 1986 Letters from various Member States (Libya)
1986-04-21
S/17633 — Namibia
1985-11-15
S/17354/Rev.1 — South Africa
1985-07-26
S/15156/Rev. 2 — Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1982-06-04
S/14462 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14461 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14460/Rev.1 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/14459 — Namibia
1981-04-30
S/12312/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12311/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12310/Rev. 1 — South Africa
1977-10-31
S/12211 — Namibia
1976-10-19
S/11713 — Namibia
1975-06-06