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/36/120D
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/120B
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/120E
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/116A
Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/116B
Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/112
Review of the multilateral treaty-making process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/106
Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-10
A/RES/36/92H
Status of multilateral disarmament agreements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92J
World-wide action for collecting signatures in support of measures to prevent nuclear war, to curb the arms race and for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/87B
Establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/95
Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97A
Study on conventional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97E
Non-stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of States where there are no such weapons at present : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97K
Disarmament and international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/96C
Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92F
Report of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97C
Prevention of arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/89
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/88
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92C
World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/104
Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/103
Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/99
Conclusion of a treaty on the prohibition of the stationing of weapons of any kind in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/96B
Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/94
Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92D
International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92K
Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/86B
Implementation of the Declaration [on the Denuclearization of Africa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/100
Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/98
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92E
Nuclear weapons in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/102
Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97J
Review of the membership of the Committee on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/96A
Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/86A
Nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/84
Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/97G
Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons use : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/92I
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-09
A/RES/36/73
Living conditions of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-04
A/RES/36/68
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1981-12-01
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