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/73/105
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 · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/95
Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/123
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/92
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/122
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/98
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-07
A/RES/73/88
The situation in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-06
A/RES/73/89
Comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-06
A/RES/73/70
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/43
Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/47
Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/74
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/64
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/40
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/29
Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/49
The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/72
Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/54
Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/86
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/45
Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/56
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/68
Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/36
The Arms Trade Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/41
Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/27
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/31
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/28
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/83
The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/34
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/65
Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/60
Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/50
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/38
Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/48
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/71
Fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, 2020 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/62
United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/57
Universal Declaration on the Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/63
Preventing and combating illicit brokering activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/30
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
A/RES/73/42
Convening of the 4th special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2018-12-05
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