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/42/3
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1987-10-14
A/RES/41/211C
Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 - financing of appropriations for the year 1987 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/209[VI]
Loan to United Nations Industrial Development Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/209[III]
Health insurance coverage for locally-recruited staff in general service and related categories at designated duty stations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/211A
Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 : revised budget appropriations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/209[VIII]
Judgement No. 370 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal related to the suspension of class 12 post adjustment in New York : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/209[IX]
Job classification of the General Service and related categories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/209[V]
News service of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/211B
Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987 : revised income estimates : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/212B
UN Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-11
A/RES/41/200
Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/199
Special assistance to front-line States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/195
Assistance to Uganda : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/184
Report of the Secretary-General in implementation of General Assembly resolution 40/173 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/181
Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/197
Assistance to Mozambique : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/180
Net transfer of resources from developing to developed countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/187
Proclamation of the World Decade for Cultural Development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-08
A/RES/41/179A
Financing of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05
A/RES/41/179B
Financing of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05
A/RES/41/164
Trade embargo against Nicaragua : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05
A/RES/41/165
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-05
A/RES/41/162A
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/146
Realization of the right to adequate housing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/131
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 · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/103
Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/88B
Question of Antarctica · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/86H
Climatic effects of nuclear war, including nuclear winter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/156
Situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/151
Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/92
Establishment of a comprehensive system of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/91
Need for result-oriented political dialogue to improve the international situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/86I
Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its 11th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/86D
Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/86B
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/158
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/93
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/86O
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th Special Session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
A/RES/41/143
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1986-12-04
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