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/63(I)[PARA.3]
Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Cameroons under French mandate] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13
A/RES/63(I)[PARA.6]
Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Tanganyika] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13
A/RES/63(I)[PARA.2]
Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Ruanda-Urundi] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13
A/RES/40(I)
Voting procedure in the Security Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13
A/RES/63(I)[PARA.5]
Approval of Trusteeship Agreements [Western Samoa] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-13
A/RES/39(I)
Relations of Members of the United Nations with Spain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-12
A/RES/44(I)
Treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-12-08
A/RES/4(I)
Representation of non-governmental bodies on the Economic and Social Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-14
A/RES/8(I)
Question of refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-12
A/RES/32(I)
Relations of members of the United Nations with Spain : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09
A/RES/9(I)
Non self-governing peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09
A/RES/10(I)
Provisional rules of procedure of the Trusteeship Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-02-09
A/RES/17(I)[RULE-T]
Amendments to the provisional rules of procedure [Supplementary Rule T] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-01-29
A/RES/17(I)[RULE-73]
Amendments to the provisional rules of procedure [Rule 73] : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1946-01-26
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