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/785(VIII)[A]
Supplementary estimates for the financial year 1953 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-12-09
A/RES/721(VIII)
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 · 1953-12-08
A/RES/740(VIII)
Evidence of existence of forced labour : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-12-07
A/RES/804(VIII)
Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-12-03
A/RES/749(VIII)[B]
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-28
A/RES/749(VIII)[A]
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-28
A/RES/748(VIII)
Cessation of the transmission of information under Article 73 e of the Charter in respect of Puerto Rico : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-27
A/RES/719(VIII)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-11-11
A/RES/729(VIII)
Technical assistance in promoting and safeguarding the rights of women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-10-23
A/RES/731(VIII)
Development of political rights of women in Territories where these rights are not fully enjoyed : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-10-23
A/RES/706(VII)
Question of impartial investigation of charges of use by United Nations Forces of bacteriological warfare : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1953-04-23
A/RES/620(VII)[A]
Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/656(VII)
Hearing of petitioners from the Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian administration : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/626(VII)
Right to exploit freely natural wealth and resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/624(VII)
Migration and economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/623(VII)
Financing of economic development through the establishment of fair and equitable international prices for primary commodities and through the execution of national programmes of integrated economic development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/620(VII)[B]
Admission of new Members : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-21
A/RES/640(VII)
Convention on the Political Rights of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-20
A/RES/652(VII)
The Ewe and Togoland unification problem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-20
A/RES/612(VII)
The question of Morocco : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-19
A/RES/637(VII)[A]
The right of peoples and nations to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-16
A/RES/648(VII)
Factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether a Territory is or is not a Territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-10
A/RES/616(VII)[B]
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 · 1952-12-05
A/RES/615(VII)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-05
A/RES/616(VII)[A]
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 · 1952-12-05
A/RES/610(VII)
Korea : reports of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-12-03
A/RES/697(VII)
Application of Japan for membership in the International Civil Aviation Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-11-06
A/RES/609(VII)[A]
Credentials of representatives to the 7th session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-10-25
A/RES/507(VI)
The problem of the independence of Korea : report of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and rehabilitation of Korea; Relief and rehabilitation of Korea : report of the United Nations Agent General for Korean Reconstruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-05
A/RES/532(VI)[A]
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-04
A/RES/532(VI)[B]
Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-04
A/RES/505(VI)
Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China and to the peace of the Far East, resulting from Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of 14 August 1945 and from Soviet violations of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-02-01
A/RES/570(VI)[B]
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-19
A/RES/570(VI)[A]
Question of South West Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-19
A/RES/558(VI)
Attainment by the Trust Territories of the objective of self-government : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-18
A/RES/511(VI)
Treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12
A/RES/503(VI)[B]
Methods which might be used to maintain and strengthen international peace and security in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12
A/RES/520(VI)[A]
Financing of economic development of under-developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12
A/RES/503(VI)[A]
Methods which might be used to maintain and strengthen international peace and security in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the Charter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1952-01-12
A/RES/510(VI)
Appointment of an impartial international commission under United Nations supervision to carry out a simultaneous investigation in the Federal Republic of Germany, in Berlin, and in the Soviet Zone of Germany in order to determine whether existing conditions there make it possible to hold genuinely free elections throughout these areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1951-12-20
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