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/125(1957)
Security Council resolution 125 (1957) [on admission of the Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-09-05
S/RES/124(1957)
Security Council resolution 124 (1957) [on admission of Ghana to membership in the United Nations] · 1957-03-07
S/RES/123(1957)
Security Council resolution 123 (1957) [on negotiations on the India-Pakistan question] · 1957-02-21
S/RES/122(1957)
Security Council resolution 122 (1957) [on the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1957-01-24
S/RES/121(1956)
Security Council resolution 121 (1956) [on admission of Japan to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-12-12
S/RES/120(1956)
Security Council resolution 120 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the situation in Hungary] · 1956-11-04
S/RES/119(1956)
Security Council resolution 119 (1956) [on an emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Suez question] · 1956-10-31
S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1
Draft resolution S/3710 as modified by the insertion of a new paragraph 1 — vetoed by FRA, GBR · 1956-10-30
S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended
Draft resolution S/3713/Rev. 1, as amended — vetoed by FRA, GBR · 1956-10-30
S/RES/118(1956)
Security Council resolution 118 (1956) [on requirements for settlement of the Suez question] · 1956-10-13
S/RES/117(1956)
Security Council resolution 117 (1956) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1956-09-06
S/RES/116(1956)
Security Council resolution 116 (1956) [on admission of Tunisia to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-07-26
S/RES/115(1956)
Security Council resolution 115 (1956) [on admission of Morocco to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-07-20
S/RES/114(1956)
Security Council resolution 114 (1956) [on the Palestine question and enforcement of the General Armistice Agreements] · 1956-06-04
S/RES/113(1956)
Security Council resolution 113 (1956) [on the Palestine question and enforcement of the General Armistice Agreements] · 1956-04-04
S/RES/112(1956)
Security Council resolution 112 (1956) [on admission of the Sudan to membership in the United Nations] · 1956-02-06
S/RES/111(1956)
Security Council resolution 111 (1956) [on violations of the cease-fire provisions and of the Israeli-Syrian General Armistice Agreement] · 1956-01-19
S/RES/110(1955)
Security Council resolution 110 (1955) [on review of the Charter of the United Nations] · 1955-12-16
S/RES/109(1955)
Security Council resolution 109 (1955) [on admission of Albania, Jordan, Ireland, Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Nepal, Libya, Cambodia, Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and Spain to membership in the United Nations] · 1955-12-14
S/RES/108(1955)
Security Council resolution 108 (1955) [on respect of the cease-fire along the armistice demarcation line between Egypt and Israel] · 1955-09-08
S/RES/107(1955)
Security Council resolution 107 (1955) [on consultations on general conditions on the armistice demarcation line between Egypt and Israel] · 1955-03-30
S/RES/106(1955)
Security Council resolution 106 (1955) [on violation of the Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement] · 1955-03-29
S/RES/105(1954)
Security Council resolution 105 (1954) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice by the Security Council and the General Assembly] · 1954-07-28
S/RES/104(1954)
Security Council resolution 104 (1954) [on a question submitted by Guatemala] · 1954-06-20
S/RES/103(1953)
Security Council resolution 103 (1953) [on the conditions under which San Marino might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1953-12-03
S/RES/102(1953)
Security Council resolution 102 (1953) [on the conditions under which Japan might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1953-12-03
S/RES/101(1953)
Security Council resolution 101 (1953) [on violation of the cease-fire provisions and of the General Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan] · 1953-11-24
S/RES/100(1953)
Security Council resolution 100 (1953) [on suspension of the works started on the west bank of the River Jordan in the demilitarized zone] · 1953-10-27
S/RES/99(1953)
Security Council resolution 99 (1953) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice by the Security Council and the General Assembly] · 1953-08-12
S/RES/98(1952)
Security Council resolution 98 (1952) [on negotiations to reach an agreement on a plan of demilitarization of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1952-12-23
S/RES/97(1952)
Security Council resolution 97 (1952) [on dissolution of the Commission for Conventional Armaments] · 1952-01-30
S/RES/96(1951)
Security Council resolution 96 (1951) [on a plan for the demilitarization of the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1951-11-10
S/RES/95(1951)
Security Council resolution 95 (1951) [on restrictions on the passage of ships through the Suez Canal] · 1951-09-01
S/RES/94(1951)
Security Council resolution 94 (1951) [on election of members of the International Court of Justice] · 1951-05-29
S/RES/93(1951)
Security Council resolution 93 (1951) [on civil administration in villages and settlements in the demilitarized zone established by the Israel-Syrian General Armistice Agreement] · 1951-05-18
S/RES/92(1951)
Security Council resolution 92 (1951) [calls for the fighting to cease in the demilitarized zone established by the Israel-Syrian General Armistice Agreement] · 1951-05-08
S/RES/91(1951)
Security Council resolution 91 (1951) [deciding to appoint a UN Representative for India and Pakistan in succession to Sir Owen Dixon, who resigned] · 1951-03-30
S/RES/90(1951)
Security Council resolution 90 (1951) [on removing the item "Complaint of aggression upon the Republic of Korea" from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1951-01-31
S/RES/89(1950)
Security Council resolution 89 (1950) [on implementation of the armistice agreements between Jordan and Israel, and Israel and Egypt] · 1950-11-17
S/RES/88(1950)
Security Council resolution 88 (1950) [inviting the People's Republic of China to be present during discussion of the special report on the UN Command in Korea] · 1950-11-08
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