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/1038(XI)
Membership of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-07
A/RES/1130(XI)
Resolution 1130 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-04
A/RES/1131(XI)
Resolution 1131 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-12-04
A/RES/1122(XI)
Resolution 1122 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-24
A/RES/1120(XI)
Resolution 1120 : [question considered by the 1st emergency special session of the General Assembly from 1 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-24
A/RES/1127(XI)
Resolution 1127 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21
A/RES/1129(XI)
Resolution 1129 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21
A/RES/1128(XI)
Resolution 1128 : [question considered by the 2nd emergency special session of the General Assembly from 4 to 10 November 1956] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-21
A/RES/1108(XI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-16
A/RES/1110(XI)
Admission of the Sudan to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-12
A/RES/1111(XI)
Admission of Morocco to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-12
A/RES/1112(XI)
Admission of Tunisia to membership the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-12
A/RES/1006(ES-II)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-09
A/RES/1007(ES-II)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-09
A/RES/1005(ES-II)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-09
A/RES/1002(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-07
A/RES/1001(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-07
A/RES/1000(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-05
A/RES/998(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-04
A/RES/1004(ES-II)
The situation in Hungary : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-04
A/RES/999(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-04
A/RES/997(ES-I)
Question considered by the Security Council at its 749th and 750th meetings, held on 30 October 1956 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1956-11-02
A/RES/946(X)
Attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-government or independence : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-12-15
A/RES/945(X)
Communication from the Government of the Netherlands concerning the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-12-15
A/RES/918(X)
Admission of new Members to the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-12-08
A/RES/992(X)
Proposal to call a General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-11-21
A/RES/957(X)
Procedure for review of United Nations Administrative Tribunal judgments : amendments to the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-11-08
A/RES/990(X)
Question of the representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1955-09-20
A/RES/812(IX)
The Morocco question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-17
A/RES/820(IX)
The 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 · 1954-12-14
A/RES/854(IX)
Question of the frontier between the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration and Ethiopia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-14
A/RES/811(IX)
The Korean question : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-11
A/RES/906(IX)
Complaint of detention and imprisonment of United Nations military personnel in violation of the Korean Armistice Agreement : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-10
A/RES/895(IX)
Question of defining aggression : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-04
A/RES/878(IX)
Translation of some official documents of the General Assembly into the Arabic language in accordance with rule 59 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-12-04
A/RES/904(IX)
Voting procedure on questions relating to reports and petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa : request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-11-23
A/RES/849(IX)
Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Greenland : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-11-22
A/RES/815(IX)
Complaint by the Union of Burma regarding aggression against it by the Government of the Republic of China : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-10-29
A/RES/844(IX)
Procedure for the examination of reports and petitions relating to the Territory of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-10-11
A/RES/903(IX)
Question of the representation of China in the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1954-09-21
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