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/78/305
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-06-28
A/RES/78/283
Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-06-04
A/RES/78/282
International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-05-23
A/RES/ES-10/23
Admission of new Members to the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-05-10
A/RES/78/272
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-04-24
A/RES/78/273
Revised estimates relating to the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-04-24
A/RES/78/264
Measures to combat Islamophobia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2024-03-15
A/RES/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/239
Nuclear disarmament verification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/241
Lethal autonomous weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/251
Proposed programme budget for 2024 : Section 26, Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/234
A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/238
Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/240
Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons: providing victim assistance and environmental remediation to Member States affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-22
A/RES/78/150
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls for realizing all Sustainable Development Goals : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/165
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/158
Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/170
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 · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/143
Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/192
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/201
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/183 B
Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/222
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/183 A
Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/203
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/209
United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/220
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/221
Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/196
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/200
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/208
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in the promotion of democratization and enhancing periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/144
Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/191
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 · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/135
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/186
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/78/202
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-19
A/RES/ES-10/22
Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-12
A/RES/78/74
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 2023-12-07
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