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.
S/RES/655(1990)
Security Council resolution 655 (1990) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1990-05-31
S/RES/654(1990)
Security Council resolution 654 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-05-04
S/RES/653(1990)
Security Council resolution 653 (1990) [on addition of new tasks to the mandate of the United Nations Observer Group in Central America] · 1990-04-20
S/RES/652(1990)
Security Council resolution 652 (1990) [on admission of Namibia to membership in the United Nations] · 1990-04-17
S/RES/651(1990)
Security Council resolution 651 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1990-03-29
S/RES/650(1990)
Security Council resolution 650 (1990) [on the Central American peace process] · 1990-03-27
S/RES/649(1990)
Security Council resolution 649 (1990) [on the Secretary-General's mission of good offices concerning Cyprus] · 1990-03-12
S/RES/648(1990)
Security Council resolution 648 (1990) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1990-01-31
S/RES/647(1990)
Security Council resolution 647 (1990) [on temporary deployment in Afghanistan and Pakistan of military officers from United Nations operations] · 1990-01-11
S/21048
Draft resolution S/21048 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1989-12-23
S/RES/646(1989)
Security Council resolution 646 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1989-12-14
S/RES/645(1989)
Security Council resolution 645 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1989-11-29
S/RES/644(1989)
Security Council resolution 644 (1989) [on establishment of the UN Observer Group in Central America] · 1989-11-07
S/RES/643(1989)
Security Council resolution 643 (1989) [on the holding of free and fair elections in Namibia] · 1989-10-31
S/RES/642(1989)
Security Council resolution 642 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-09-29
S/RES/641(1989)
Security Council resolution 641 (1989) [on deportation of Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-08-30
S/RES/640(1989)
Security Council resolution 640 (1989) [on the electoral process in Namibia] · 1989-08-29
S/RES/638(1989)
Security Council resolution 638 (1989) [on incidents of hostage-taking and abduction] · 1989-07-31
S/RES/639(1989)
Security Council resolution 639 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-07-31
S/RES/637(1989)
Security Council resolution 637 (1989) [on the Guatemala Agreement of 1987] · 1989-07-27
S/RES/636(1989)
Security Council resolution 636 (1989) [on deportation of 8 Palestinian civilians by Israel from the occupied territories] · 1989-07-06
S/RES/635(1989)
Security Council resolution 635 (1989) [on marking of plastic or sheet explosives for the purpose of detection] · 1989-06-14
S/RES/634(1989)
Security Council resolution 634 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1989-06-09
S/RES/633(1989)
Security Council resolution 633 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1989-05-30
S/RES/632(1989)
Security Council resolution 632 (1989) [on implementation of the UN Plan for the Independence of Namibia] · 1989-02-16
S/RES/631(1989)
Security Council resolution 631 (1989) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1989-02-08
S/RES/630(1989)
Security Council resolution 630 (1989) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] · 1989-01-30
S/RES/629(1989)
Security Council resolution 629 (1989) [on settlement of the Namibia question] · 1989-01-16
S/RES/628(1989)
Security Council resolution 628 (1989) [on signature of the tripartite agreement between Angola, Cuba and South Africa, and of the bilateral agreement between Angola and Cuba] · 1989-01-16
S/20378
Draft resolution S/20378 — vetoed by FRA, USA, GBR · 1989-01-11
S/RES/627(1989)
Security Council resolution 627 (1989) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1989-01-09
S/RES/626(1988)
Security Council resolution 626 (1988) [on establishment of the UN Angola Verification Mission] · 1988-12-20
S/RES/625(1988)
Security Council resolution 625 (1988) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus] · 1988-12-15
S/RES/624(1988)
Security Council resolution 624 (1988) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force] · 1988-11-30
S/RES/623(1988)
Security Council resolution 623 (1988) [on death sentence imposed on an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa] · 1988-11-23
S/RES/622(1988)
Security Council resolution 622 (1988) [on temporary deployment in Afghanistan and Pakistan of military officers from United Nations operations] · 1988-10-31
S/RES/621(1988)
Security Council resolution 621 (1988) [on referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara] · 1988-09-20
S/RES/620(1988)
Security Council resolution 620 (1988) [on chemical weapons use in the conflict between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran] · 1988-08-26
S/RES/619(1988)
Security Council resolution 619 (1988) [on establishment of the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group] · 1988-08-09
S/RES/618(1988)
Security Council resolution 618 (1988) [on abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel William Richard Higgins of the UN Truce Supervision Organization] · 1988-07-29
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