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/57/77
Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adoped by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/66
National legislation on transfer of arms, military equipment and dual use of goods and technology : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/65
Relationship between disarmament and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/62
Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/84
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/59
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : the need for a new agenda : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/58
Reduction of non-strategic nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/57
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-22
A/RES/57/49
Cooperation between the UN and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-21
A/RES/57/11
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-12
A/RES/57/9
Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-11-11
A/RES/57/5
Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-10-16
A/RES/ES-10/11
Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-08-05
A/RES/56/214B
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-06-27
A/RES/ES-10/10
Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-05-07
A/RES/56/266
Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2002-03-27
A/RES/56/232
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 · 2001-12-24
A/RES/56/204
Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-21
A/RES/56/216
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-21
A/RES/56/214A
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-21
A/RES/56/179
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-21
A/RES/ES-10/8
Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-20
A/RES/ES-10/9
Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-20
A/RES/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instruments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/165
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/160
Human rights and terrorism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms and in solving international problems of humanitarian character : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/155
The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/150
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/142
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/173
Situtation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/159
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/154
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes as an important element for the promotion and protection of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/148
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/174
Situation of human rights in Iraq : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-19
A/RES/56/94
Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-14
A/RES/56/73
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2001-12-10
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