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/40/158
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/156B
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/167
Israel's decision to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/161B
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Isareli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/156A
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165K
UNRWA : University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165E
UNRWA : Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165D
UNRWA : offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/164A
Questions relating to information : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152J
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/151A
Disarmament and international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/161E
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Isareli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152E
Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152I
International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/151D
World Disarmament Campaign : actions and activities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152B
Bilateral nuclear-arms and space-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152A
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/151B
World Disarmament Campaign : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/159
Implementation of the collective security provisions of the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/168B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165J
UNRWA : Palestine refugees in the West Bank : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165I
UNRWA : protection of Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/165G
UNRWA : population and refugees displaced since 1967 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152M
Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152H
Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152Q
Prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152N
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assemblyv · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/161D
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Isareli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/161A
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Isareli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/152C
Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/151C
Nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/150
Economic and social consequences of the armaments race and its extremely harmful effects on world peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/156C
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-16
A/RES/40/111
Human rights and use of scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/100
World social situation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/140
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/97B
Question of Namibia : implementation of Security Council resolution 435 (1978) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/148
Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/124
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 · 1985-12-13
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