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/3398(XXX)
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia and Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-21
A/RES/3397(XXX)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-21
A/RES/3395(XXX)
Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-20
A/RES/3389(XXX)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-18
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-18
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-18
A/RES/3378(XXX)
World conference to combat racism and racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3375(XXX)
Invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in the efforts for peace in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3383(XXX)
Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to colonial and racist regimes in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3379(XXX)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3377(XXX)
Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3376(XXX)
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1975-11-10
A/RES/3359(XXIX)[A]
Revised budget appropriations for the biennium 1974-1975 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-18
A/RES/3358(XXIX)[A]
Salaries and allowances of staff in the Professional and higher categories : amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-18
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3332(XXIX)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3336(XXIX)
Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3331(XXIX)[D]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3331(XXIX)[A]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3349(XXIX)
Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-17
A/RES/3328(XXIX)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3324(XXIX)[E]
Situation in South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3324(XXIX)[C]
Release of political prisoners : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3327(XXIX)
Establishment of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3329(XXIX)
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3324(XXIX)[D]
Programme of work of the Special Committee on Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3324(XXIX)[B]
Arms embargo against South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-16
A/RES/3298(XXIX)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3290(XXIX)
Question of American Samoa, Guam, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. Helena and Solomon Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3289(XXIX)
Question of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3292(XXIX)
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3299(XXIX)
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, Namibia and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, appartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3297(XXIX)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3295(XXIX)
Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3293(XXIX)
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-13
A/RES/3281(XXIX)
Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-12
A/RES/3283(XXIX)
Peaceful settlement of international disputes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-12
A/RES/3273(XXIX)
National experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-10
A/RES/3265(XXIX)[B]
Declaration and establishment of a nuclear-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-09
A/RES/3262(XXIX)
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 2286 (XXII) concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1974-12-09
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