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/2881(XXVI)
Reservation exclusively for peaceful purposes of the sea-bed and the ocean floor, and the subsoil thereof, underlying the high seas beyond the limits of present national jurisdiction and use of their resources in the interests of mankind, and convening of a conference on the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-21
A/RES/2857(XXVI)
Capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2851(XXVI)
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2879(XXVI)
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2850(XXVI)
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2875(XXVI)
United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2867(XXVI)
Question of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St.Vincent : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2873(XXVI)
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, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2872(XXVI)
United Nations Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2871(XXVI)
Questions of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2868(XXVI)
Question of Niue and the Tokelau Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2865(XXVI)
Question of Papua New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2874(XXVI)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2869(XXVI)
Question of American Samoa, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brithish Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St.Helena, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2862(XXVI)
Credentials of representatives to the 26th session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2847(XXVI)
Enlargement of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2877(XXVI)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2878(XXVI)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2849(XXVI)
Development and environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-20
A/RES/2841(XXVI)
Creation of the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-18
A/RES/2828(XXVI)[A]
Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2827(XXVI)[B]
Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2827(XXVI)[A]
Question of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2825(XXVI)[C]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2826(XXVI)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2832(XXVI)
Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2825(XXVI)[B]
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2828(XXVI)[B]
Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2828(XXVI)[C]
Urgent need for suspension of nuclear and thermonuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-16
A/RES/2816(XXVI)
Assistance in cases of natural disaster and other disaster situations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-14
A/RES/2800(XXVI)
Dissemination of information and mobilization of public opinion relative to the review and appraisal of progress in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-14
A/RES/2813(XXVI)
Enlargement of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-14
A/RES/2799(XXVI)
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-13
A/RES/2795(XXVI)
Question of the Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-10
A/RES/2796(XXVI)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-10
A/RES/2794(XXVI)
Admission of the United Arab Emirates to membership in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-09
A/RES/2793(XXVI)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 1606th, 1607th and 1608th meetings on 4, 5 and 6 December 1971 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-07
A/RES/2787(XXVI)
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-06
A/RES/2786(XXVI)
Draft convention on the suppression and punishment of the Crime of apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-06
A/RES/2792(XXVI)[E]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1971-12-06
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