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/75/225
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/236
Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/213
Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Agenda 21 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/204
International financial system and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/222
Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/211
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/232
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/203
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/209
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/233
Quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations System : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-21
A/RES/75/189
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/193
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/171
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/169
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/151
Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the 24th special session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/192
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/179
The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/182
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/172
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/163
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/161
Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/165
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-16
A/RES/75/130
Global health and foreign policy : strengthening health system resilience through affordable health care for all : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-14
A/RES/75/97
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/95
Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/123
Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/90
The situation in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/122
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/104
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 · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/102
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/99
The occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/93
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/94
Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/103
Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
A/RES/75/96
Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2020-12-10
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