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/1596(XV)
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1961-04-07
A/RES/1593(XV)
Appeal to Member States which have particularly close and continuous relations with the Government of the Union of South Africa, with respect to the situation in the territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1961-03-16
A/RES/1590(XV)
United Nations operations in the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1579(XV)
Question of the future of Ruanda-Urundi : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1580(XV)
Question of Mwami : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1577(XV)
Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1578(XV)
Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1576(XV)
Prevention of the wider dissemination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-20
A/RES/1573(XV)
Question of Algeria : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-19
A/RES/1568(XV)
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-18
A/RES/1565(XV)
Legal actions to ensure the fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the Union of South Africa in respect of the Territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-18
A/RES/1536(XV)
Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15
A/RES/1542(XV)
Transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15
A/RES/1541(XV)
Principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-15
A/RES/1514(XV)
Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-12-14
A/RES/1498(XV)
Credentials of the representatives of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-11-22
A/RES/1495(XV)
Co-operation of Member States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-10-17
A/RES/1493(XV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-10-08
A/RES/1474(ES-IV)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 906th meeting on 16 September 1960 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1960-09-20
A/RES/1467(XIV)
General questions relating to the transmission and examination of information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-12
A/RES/1460(XIV)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-10
A/RES/1455(XIV)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09
A/RES/1454(XIV)
Question of Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-09
A/RES/1424(XIV)
United Nations capital development fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1410(XIV)
Dissemination of information on the United Nations and on the International Trusteeship System in Trust Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1426(XIV)
Agrarian reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1441(XIV)
United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-12-05
A/RES/1404(XIV)
Question of an increase in the membership of the Security Council and of the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-25
A/RES/1402(XIV)[B]
Suspension of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-21
A/RES/1380(XIV)
Prevention of the wider dissemination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1379(XIV)
Question of French nuclear tests in the Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1396(XIV)
Study of the question of capital punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-20
A/RES/1375(XIV)
Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-11-17
A/RES/1353(XIV)
Question of Tibet : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-10-21
A/RES/1351(XIV)
Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-09-22
A/RES/1350(XIII)
The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13
A/RES/1349(XIII)
The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under French administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1959-03-13
A/RES/1337(XIII)
Cost estimates for the maintenance of the United Nations Emergency Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13
A/RES/1348(XIII)
Question of the peaceful use of outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-13
A/RES/1312(XIII)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1958-12-12
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