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/47(1948)
Security Council resolution 47 (1948) [on restoration of peace and order and the plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir] · 1948-04-21
S/RES/46(1948)
Security Council resolution 46 (1948) [on calling upon all parties to take immediate measures for a truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-17
S/RES/45(1948)
Security Council resolution 45 (1948) [on admission of Burma (Myanmar) to membership in the United Nations] · 1948-04-10
S/RES/43(1948)
Security Council resolution 43 (1948) [calling for an immediate truce in Palestine] · 1948-04-01
S/RES/44(1948)
Security Council resolution 44 (1948) [on requesting a special session of the General Assembly to discuss the future government of Palestine] · 1948-04-01
S/RES/42(1948)
Security Council resolution 42 (1948) [on implementation of General Assembly resolution 181 (II) on the question of Palestine] · 1948-03-05
S/RES/40(1948)
Security Council resolution 40 (1948) [on political developments in western Java and Madura, Indonesia] · 1948-02-28
S/RES/41(1948)
Security Council resolution 41 (1948) [on the signing of the Truce Agreement by the Netherlands and Indonesia] · 1948-02-28
S/RES/39(1948)
Security Council resolution 39 (1948) [establishing a Commission on the India-Pakistan question] · 1948-01-20
S/RES/38(1948)
Security Council resolution 38 (1948) [requesting India and Pakistan to take measures to improve the situation in Kashmir] · 1948-01-17
S/RES/37(1947)
Security Council resolution 37 (1947) [on inclusion of revised rules in the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-12-09
S/RES/36(1947)
Security Council resolution 36 (1947) [on an arrangement which will ensure the observance of the cease-fire in Indonesia] · 1947-11-01
S/RES/35(1947)
Security Council resolution 35 (1947) [concerning the Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-10-03
S/RES/34(1947)
Security Council resolution 34 (1947) [on removal of the Greek question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1947-09-15
S/RES/33(1947)
Security Council resolution 33 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-08-27
S/RES/32(1947)
Security Council resolution 32 (1947) [concerning continued military operations in Indonesia] · 1947-08-26
S/RES/30(1947)
Security Council resolution 30 (1947) [on the cease-fire between Indonesia and the Netherlands] · 1947-08-25
S/RES/31(1947)
Security Council resolution 31 (1947) [on the Security Council Committee of Good Offices on the Indonesian question] · 1947-08-25
S/RES/29(1947)
Security Council resolution 29 (1947) [on admission of Yemen and Pakistan to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-08-21
S/RES/28(1947)
Security Council resolution 28 (1947) [on appointment of a subcommittee of the representatives of the delegations which have submitted proposals on the Greek question] · 1947-08-06
S/RES/27(1947)
Security Council resolution 27 (1947) [calling upon the Netherlands and Indonesia to cease hostilities] · 1947-08-01
S/RES/26(1947)
Security Council resolution 26 (1947) [on the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council] · 1947-06-04
S/RES/25(1947)
Security Council resolution 25 (1947) [on referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Italy to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-05-22
S/RES/24(1947)
Security Council resolution 24 (1947) [referring to the Committee on the Admission of New Members the application of Hungary to membership in the United Nations] · 1947-04-30
S/RES/23(1947)
Security Council resolution 23 (1947) [on the Commission of Investigation established by Security Council resolution 15 (1946) on the Greek question] · 1947-04-18
S/RES/22(1947)
Security Council resolution 22 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel) · 1947-04-09
S/RES/21(1947)
Security Council resolution 21 (1947) [on the Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands] · 1947-04-02
S/RES/20(1947)
Security Council resolution 20 (1947) [on international control of atomic energy] · 1947-03-10
S/RES/19(1947)
Security Council resolution 19 (1947) [on incidents in the Corfu Channel] · 1947-02-27
S/RES/18(1947)
Security Council resolution 18 (1947) [on regulation and reduction of armaments] · 1947-02-13
S/RES/17(1947)
Security Council resolution 17 (1947) [requesting postponement of the execution of persons sentenced by the Greek Government] · 1947-02-10
S/RES/16(1947)
Security Council resolution 16 (1947) [on approval of the statute of the Free Territory of Trieste, Italy] · 1947-01-10
S/RES/15(1946)
Security Council resolution 15 (1946) [on establishment of the Commission of Investigation on the Greek question] · 1946-12-19
S/RES/14(1946)
Security Council resolution 14 (1946) [on the term of office of Presidency of the Security Council] · 1946-12-16
S/RES/13(1946)
Security Council resolution 13 (1946) [on admission of Siam (Thailand) to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-12-12
S/RES/12(1946)
Security Council resolution 12 (1946) [on border incidents between Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia] · 1946-12-10
S/RES/11(1946)
Security Council resolution 11 (1946) [on the conditions under which Switzerland might become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice] · 1946-11-15
S/RES/10(1946)
Security Council resolution 10 (1946) [on removing the Spanish question from the list of matters of which the Council is seized] · 1946-11-04
S/RES/9(1946)
Security Council resolution 9 (1946) [on the International Court of Justice] · 1946-10-15
S/RES/8(1946)
Security Council resolution 8 (1946) [on admission of Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations] · 1946-08-29
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