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/65/76
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 · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/55
Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/56
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/68
Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/48
Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/75
Preventing and combating illicit brokering activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/71
Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/91
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/65
Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/44
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/73
The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/59
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/58
Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/49
Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/72
United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/46
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/60
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-08
A/RES/65/37A
Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-12-07
A/RES/65/14
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/13
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/17
Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/18
The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/15
Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/16
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-11-30
A/RES/65/6
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-10-26
A/RES/64/296
Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-09-07
A/RES/64/292
The human right to water and sanitation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-07-28
A/RES/64/282
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-06-24
A/RES/64/254
Second follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2010-02-26
A/RES/64/238
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-24
A/RES/64/189
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/188
International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/195
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/209
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/197
Agricultural technology for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/185
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 · 2009-12-21
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-18
A/RES/64/175
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-18
A/RES/64/151
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 · 2009-12-18
A/RES/64/160
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2009-12-18
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