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/2558(XXIV)
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-12
A/RES/2555(XXIV)
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 · 1969-12-12
A/RES/2546(XXIV)
Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-11
A/RES/2535(XXIV)[B]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-10
A/RES/2535(XXIV)[C]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-10
A/RES/2521(XXIV)
Special programme of activities in connexion with the 10th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-04
A/RES/2517(XXIV)
Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-12-01
A/RES/2516(XXIV)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-25
A/RES/2511(XXIV)
Regular programme of technical assistance for industrial development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21
A/RES/2508(XXIV)
Question of Southern Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21
A/RES/2507(XXIV)
Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-21
A/RES/2505(XXIV)
Manifesto on Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-20
A/RES/2504(XXIV)
Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea (West Irian) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-19
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-11-11
A/RES/2498(XXIV)
Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1969-10-31
A/RES/2480(XXIII)[B]
Composition of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21
A/RES/2479(XXIII)
Inclusion of Russian among the working languages of the General Assembly (amendment to rule 51 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly) and question of including Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21
A/RES/2467(XXIII)[C]
Examination of the question of the 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 the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21
A/RES/2467(XXIII)[A]
Examination of the question of the 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 the use of their resources in the interests of mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21
A/RES/2474(XXIII)[A]
Administrative and budgetary co-ordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-21
A/RES/2466(XXIII)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20
A/RES/2456(XXIII)[C]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20
A/RES/2456(XXIII)[A]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20
A/RES/2456(XXIII)[D]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20
A/RES/2456(XXIII)[B]
Conference of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-20
A/RES/2443(XXIII)
Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-19
A/RES/2430(XXIII)
Question of American Samoa, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Dominica, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Guam, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Niue, Pitcairn, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tokelau Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2431(XXIII)
United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2429(XXIII)
Question of Gibraltar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2426(XXIII)
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 · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2427(XXIII)
Question of Papua and the trust Territory of New Guinea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2424(XXIII)
Question of Oman : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2425(XXIII)
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 · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2428(XXIII)
Question of Ifni and Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2422(XXIII)
Information for Non-Self Governing Territories transmitted under article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-18
A/RES/2403(XXIII)
Question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-12-16
A/RES/2395(XXIII)
Question of Territories under Portuguese administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-29
A/RES/2391(XXIII)
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-25
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-19
A/RES/2383(XXIII)
Question of Rhodesia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1968-11-07
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