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/39/224
Assistance to the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/218
Development and international economic co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/210
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/236[SectionXIV]
Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/233
Industrial Development Decade for Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/232
Industrial development co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/221
United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/230
Transport and Communications Decade in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/229
Protection against products harmful to health and the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/237B
Revised income estimates for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/236[SectionXI]
Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/236[SectionIII]
Questions relating to the programme budget for the biennium 1984-1985 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/226
Confidence-building in international economic relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-18
A/RES/39/148[A]
Unilateral nuclear disarmament measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/163
Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/159
Inadmissibility of the policy of State terrorism and any actions by States aimed at undermining the socio-political system in other sovereign States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[F]
Military research and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148L
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[J]
Disarmament Week : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[E]
Contribution of the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations System to the cause of arms limitation and disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[B]
Study of the question of nuclear-weapon-free zones in all its aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[F]
Climatic effects of nuclear war : nuclear winter : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[B]
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/169
Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/167
Remnants of war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/157
Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[H]
Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[O]
Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 10th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[I]
Curbing the naval arms race : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[E]
Prohibition of the nuclear neutron weapon : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[D]
Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[H]
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[C]
Nuclear weapons in all aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/177
Long-term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[G]
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/161B
Observance of the 40th anniversary of the UN : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/158
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 · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/155
Implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/151[A]
Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
A/RES/39/148[M]
International co-operation for disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1984-12-17
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