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/284(1970)
Security Council resolution 284 (1970) [requesting an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the presence of South Africa in Namibia] · 1970-07-29
S/RES/282(1970)
Security Council resolution 282 (1970) [on arms embargo against South Africa] · 1970-07-23
S/RES/281(1970)
Security Council resolution 281 (1970) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1970-06-09
S/RES/280(1970)
Security Council resolution 280 (1970) [on Israeli military actions against Lebanon] · 1970-05-19
S/RES/279(1970)
Security Council resolution 279 (1970) [on withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from Lebanon] · 1970-05-12
S/RES/278(1970)
Security Council resolution 278 (1970) [on the question of Bahrain] · 1970-05-11
S/RES/277(1970)
Security Council resolution 277 (1970) [on expansion of sanctions against the Southern Rhodesia régime] · 1970-03-18
S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2
Draft resolution S/9696 and Corr. 1 & 2 — vetoed by USA, GBR · 1970-03-17
S/RES/276(1970)
Security Council resolution 276 (1970) [on establishment of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Council to study ways to implement Council resolutions regarding Namibia] · 1970-01-30
S/RES/275(1969)
Security Council resolution 275 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against Guinea] · 1969-12-22
S/RES/274(1969)
Security Council resolution 274 (1969) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1969-12-11
S/RES/273(1969)
Security Council resolution 273 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against a Senegalese village] · 1969-12-09
S/RES/272(1969)
Security Council resolution 272 (1969) [on amendments to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1969-10-23
S/RES/271(1969)
Security Council resolution 271 (1969) [on destruction and profanation of the Holy Places in Jerusalem] · 1969-09-15
S/RES/270(1969)
Security Council resolution 270 (1969) [on Israeli military operations against southern Lebanon] · 1969-08-26
S/RES/269(1969)
Security Council resolution 269 (1969) [calling upon South Africa to withdraw its administration from Namibia before 4 November 1969] · 1969-08-12
S/RES/268(1969)
Security Council resolution 268 (1969) [on Portuguese military operations against a Zambian village] · 1969-07-28
S/RES/267(1969)
Security Council resolution 267 (1969) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1969-07-03
S/RES/266(1969)
Security Council resolution 266 (1969) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1969-06-10
S/RES/265(1969)
Security Council resolution 265 (1969) [on Israeli military operations against a Jordanian village] · 1969-04-01
S/RES/264(1969)
Security Council resolution 264 (1969) [on South African administration of Namibia] · 1969-03-20
S/RES/263(1969)
Security Council resolution 263 (1969) [on inclusion of Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council] · 1969-01-24
S/RES/262(1968)
Security Council resolution 262 (1968) [on Israeli military operations against Lebanon] · 1968-12-31
S/RES/261(1968)
Security Council resolution 261 (1968) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1968-12-10
S/RES/260(1968)
Security Council resolution 260 (1968) [on admission of Equatorial Guinea to membership in the United Nations] · 1968-11-06
S/RES/259(1968)
Security Council resolution 259 (1968) [on the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Arab territories under military occupation by Israel] · 1968-09-27
S/RES/258(1968)
Security Council resolution 258 (1968) [on the cease-fire in the Middle East] · 1968-09-18
S/RES/257(1968)
Security Council resolution 257 (1968) [on admission of Swaziland to membership in the United Nations] · 1968-09-11
S/RES/256(1968)
Security Council resolution 256 (1968) [on Israeli military operations against Jordan] · 1968-08-16
S/RES/255(1968)
Security Council resolution 255 (1968) [on measures to safeguard non-nuclear-weapon States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] · 1968-06-19
S/RES/254(1968)
Security Council resolution 254 (1968) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1968-06-18
S/RES/253(1968)
Security Council resolution 253 (1968) [establishing a committee to monitor sanctions against Southern Rhodesia] · 1968-05-29
S/RES/252(1968)
Security Council resolution 252 (1968) [on the status of Jerusalem] · 1968-05-21
S/RES/251(1968)
Security Council resolution 251 (1968) [on an Israeli military parade in Jerusalem] · 1968-05-02
S/RES/250(1968)
Security Council resolution 250 (1968) [on the Israeli military parade in Jerusalem] · 1968-04-27
S/RES/249(1968)
Security Council resolution 249 (1968) [on admission of Mauritius to membership in the United Nations] · 1968-04-18
S/RES/248(1968)
Security Council resolution 248 (1968) [on Israeli military actions against Jordan] · 1968-03-24
S/RES/247(1968)
Security Council resolution 247 (1968) [on extension of the stationing in Cyprus of the UN Peace-keeping Force] · 1968-03-18
S/RES/246(1968)
Security Council resolution 246 (1968) [on South West Africans detained by South Africa] · 1968-03-14
S/RES/245(1968)
Security Council resolution 245 (1968) [on illegal trials of South West Africans in South Africa] · 1968-01-25
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