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/45/176C
Military collaboration with South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19
A/RES/45/176E
Programme of work of the Special Committee against Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19
A/RES/45/176G
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19
A/RES/45/176B
Concerted and effective measures aimed at eradicating apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-19
A/RES/45/150
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18
A/RES/45/164
International Year for the World's Indigenous People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18
A/RES/45/170
The situation of human rights in occupied Kuwait : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-18
A/RES/45/132
Use of mercenaries as a means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/145
Law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/87
World social situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/84
Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist régime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/130
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/96
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/90
Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-14
A/RES/45/83C
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13
A/RES/45/83B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13
A/RES/45/83A
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13
A/RES/45/82
Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-13
A/RES/45/78B
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12
A/RES/45/80
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12
A/RES/45/77
Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12
A/RES/45/78A
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-12
A/RES/45/74E
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74C
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73J
University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73I
Protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73F
Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74D
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74B
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74A
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73K
Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territory : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73G
Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73E
Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74G
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73H
Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73D
Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/74F
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 · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/73A
UNRWA : assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-11
A/RES/45/68
International Peace Conference on the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06
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