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/48/158D
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-20
A/RES/48/69
Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/79
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/72
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/76B
Convention on Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/75C
General and complete disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/78
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/76A
Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the 12th Special Session of the General Assembly : regional confidence-building measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/84A
Maintenance of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/74A
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/80
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/75I
Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/66
Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/73
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 · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/82
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/67
The role of science and technology in the context of international security, disarmament and other related fields : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/68
Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/83
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/75J
Conventional arms control at regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/75H
Measures to curb illicit transfer and use of conventional arms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-16
A/RES/48/59A
The situation in the Middle East : Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-14
A/RES/48/59B
The situation in the Middle East : Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-14
A/RES/48/58
Middle East peace process : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-14
A/RES/48/56
Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-13
A/RES/48/40I
University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40G
Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/41C
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/45
Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/41D
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40H
Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40F
Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/53
Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/52
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/46
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/41A
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40A
UNRWA : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40E
Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/47
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/41B
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 · 1993-12-10
A/RES/48/40J
Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of UNRWA : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1993-12-10
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