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/50/38[B-X]
Tokelau : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-V]
Cayman Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-VII]
Montserrat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-II]
Anguilla : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-IX]
St. Helena : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-I]
American Samoa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-XI]
Turks and Caicos Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B-VIII]
Pitcairn : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[A]
General : Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, Tokelau, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28G
University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/29D
Report 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 · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28C
Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/29C
Report 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 · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/29B
Report 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 · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/29A
Report 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 · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/38[B]
Individual territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/40
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/39
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/34
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 · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under colonial domination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28E
Operations of UNRWA : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28A
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28F
Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/28D
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestines refugees : resolution adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/32
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-06
A/RES/50/23
Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-05
A/RES/50/22A
Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-04
A/RES/50/21
Middle East peace process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-04
A/RES/50/22B
The Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-12-04
A/RES/50/18
Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-11-27
A/RES/50/10
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-11-02
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-11-02
A/RES/50/9
Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-11-01
A/RES/49/243
Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to the 4th World Conference on Women : Action for Equality, Development and Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1995-04-21
A/RES/49/196
Situation of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1994-12-23
A/RES/49/190
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 · 1994-12-23
A/RES/49/149
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1994-12-23
A/RES/49/182
Respect for the universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1994-12-23
A/RES/49/204
Situation of human rights in Kosovo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1994-12-23
A/RES/49/200
Situation of human rights in Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1994-12-23
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