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/40/97D
Question of Namibia : dissemination of information and mobillization of international public opinion in support of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/139
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/137
Question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/145
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/114
Indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/112
Human rights and scientific and technological developments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/97F
Question of Namibia : special session of the General Assembly on the question of Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/97E
Question of Namibia : UN Fund for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/97C
Question of Namibia : programme of work of the UN Council for Namibia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/97A
Question of Namibia : situation in Namibia resulting from the illegal occupation of the territory by South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-13
A/RES/40/96A
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94M
General and complete disarmament : 3rd Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/89B
Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : nuclear capability of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/96D
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94K
General and complete disarmament : objective information on military matters : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/81
Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94I
General and complete disarmament : curbing the naval arms race : limitation and reduction of naval armaments and extension of confidence-building measures to seas and oceans : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/89A
Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/80B
Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94G
General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/96B
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94L
General and complete disarmament : compliance with arms limitation and disarmament agreements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94F
General and complete disarmament : study on the naval arms race : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/92C
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) WEAPONS · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/92A
PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPONS · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/80A
Cessation of all test explosions of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/79
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 39/51 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94N
General and complete disarmament : disarmament and the maintenance of international peace and security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/91B
REDUCTION OF MILITARY BUDGETS · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/90
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/87
Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/83
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/96C
Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94H
General and complete disarmament : nuclear-weapon freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/93
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/85
Conclusion of an international convention on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/86
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 · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/94A
Conventional disarmament on a regional scale : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/88
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/60 on the immediate cessation and prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-12
A/RES/40/69
Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1985-12-11
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